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Argument before the United States Circuit Court / by Isaac W. Hayne, Esq., on the motion to discharge the crew of the Echo, delivered in Columbia, S.C., December, 1858 ; reported by Douglass A. Levien.

Hayne, Isaac W. 1809-1880. (Isaac William),

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Albany, N.Y. : Weed, Parsons & Company, printers, 1859.

NOTES
"The crew of the brig Putnam, (Echo,) charged under the Act of Congress of May 15th, 1820, with piracy on the high seas, were brought before the United States Circuit court, at Columbia, South Carolina, on a writ of habeas corpus, and a motion made for their discharge, the Grand jury of Richland district having refused to find a true bill against them"--p. [3]

"On habeas corpus. Motion of R. T. Bates and others to be discharged from custody"--Federal cases, v. 2, p. 1016.

SUBJECTS
Bates, R. T.--Trials, litigation, etc.
Habeas corpus--South Carolina.
Trials (Piracy)--South Carolina.
Echo (Ship)

RELATED NAMES
Bates, R. T.

MEDIUM
23 p. ; 24 cm.

CALL NUMBER
KF223.B38 H39 1859

DIGITAL ID
llst 036 urn:hdl:loc.law/llst.036 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/llst.036

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