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RODMAN V POTHIER, 264 U. S. 399 (1924)
264 U. S. 399U.S. Supreme Court
Rodman v Pothier, 264 U.S. 399 (1924)
Rodman v Pothier
No. 546
Argued March 14, 1924
Decided April 7, 1924
264 U.S. 399
Syllabus
Where a person was held for removal under an indictment charging murder on a military reservation under exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, and the existence of such exclusive jurisdiction involved consideration of many facts and seriously controverted questions of law, held that determination of that issue was for the court where the indictment was found, and was not open for decision in another district in habeas corpus. P. 264 U. S. 402.
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Certiorari to a judgment of the circuit court of appeals which reversed a judgment of the district court dismissing a writ of habeas corpus, and ordered the prisoner discharged.