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Ex parte PATRICK
212 U.S. 555·Supreme Court of the United States·1908
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Opinion
Ex parte PATRICK.
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.'
Submitted November 9, 1908.
Decided November 16, 1908.
Appeal from decision of the Circuit Court denying a petition for habeas corpus when petitioner was detained under power of a state court dismissed for want of jurisdiction. There was no certificate of probable cause for allowing the appeal in conformity with the act of March 10, 1908, c. 76, 35 Stat. 40.
Mr. Albert T. Patrick in propria persona and Mr. William L. . McDonald, for the appellant.
Mr. Robert C. Taylor for the State of New York appeared by leave of the court.
For this act in full see ante, p. 551.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Act , of March 10,1908, c. 76, 35 Stat. 40; Bilik v. Strassheim, sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, decided October 19,1908, ante, p. 551. Application for writ of habeas corpus denied.