...mistaken its proper course. Wherever the only ground of jurisdiction is a question upon the construction of the constitution, or of a law, or treaty of the United States, the only remedy is by writ of error from this court to the highUS est state tribunal having cognisance...

.../lubrtM cor/iiiti from the courts and judges of the L'nited Slates was extended to jiersons in castody, in violation of the Constitution, or of a law or treaty of the United States. II. S., § 753. The law of the United States was. and is, tbut the relator should be tried by the courts...

...habeax corpus from the courts and judges of the United States was extended to persons in custody, iu violation of the Constitution, or of a law or treaty of the United States. RS, § 753. The law of the United States was, and is, that the relntor should be tried by the courts...

...prisoner in jail, * * * unless he is in custody for an act done or committed in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order, process or decree of a court thereof; or In custody in violation of the Constitution, or of n law or treaty of the United States,"...

...after the words already qnoted, " or is in custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order, process or decree of a court or jndge thereof." " And, in more recent times," says Jndge B., "it has been extended to all persons in...

...the Constitution, or of any law or treaty of the United States. a. In the case of any prisoner who, being a subject or citizen of a foreign state, and domiciled therein, is committed or confiued, or in custody by or under the authority or law of the United States, or of any...

...under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof ; or is in custody in violation of the Constitution...citizen of a foreign state, and domiciled therein, or in custody for an act done or omitted under any alleged right, title, authority, privilege, protection...

...prisoner in jail, unless whero he is in custody * * * for an act done or omitted, in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of an order, process or decree of a court or judge thereof." Although the words used are those of exclusion, there is no doubt of the power of this court to issue...

...to give jurisdiction to the Federal courts. To give such jurisdiction the party must allege that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law of the United States. These petitioners do allege, in substance, that they were a Board of State Canvassers,...

...writ shall extend to no person in jail, with a series of exceptions, one of which is that the party "is in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or a treaty of the United States." This provision would seem to cover the case of a person extradited...