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The Director of Prisons, Plaintiff in Error and Appellant, v. The Court of First Instance of the Province of Cavite, Tenth Judicial District
239 U.S. 633·Supreme Court of the United States·1915
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Opinion
No. 452.
The Director of Prisons, Plaintiff in Error and Appellant, v. The Court of First Instance of the Province of Cavite, Tenth Judicial District.
In error to and appeal from the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands.
Motion to dismiss submitted December 6, 1915.
Decided December 13, 1915.
Mr. S. T. Ansell and Mr. C. J. Gurkin for the plaintiff in error and appellant. Mr. C. W. O’Brien for the defendant in error and appellee.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam¡]
Per Curiam¡
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Jones v. Montague, 194 U. S. 147; Lewis v. The United States, 216 U. S. 611; Richardson v. McChesney, 218 U. S. 487; Stearns v. Wood, 236 U. S. 75.