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1861

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Docket file on D.C. From No. 106 A for "Ex Parte John Merryman" (front), "Filings-Proceedings" (back) from May 25, 1861 to June 3, 1861.  Copy of document.

Petition of John Merryman for Habeas Corpus, filed May 26, 1861.  Orders written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.

Writ of Habeas Corpus issued by "The United States of America District of Maryland, to writ" to "General George Cadwalader Greeting" by Thomas Spicer, Circuit Court Clerk, on May 26, 1861.

To "The Hon. Roger B. Taney Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Baltimore, Md" from "Geo. Cadwalader, Br. Major General U.S. Army," May 26, 1861.

U.S. Marshal Washington Bonifant to "the Honorable [sic] the Circuit Court of the United States to the fourth circuit in and for the Maryland district," May 27, 1861.

Documentation by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney about ordering an attachment against General George Cadwalader, Monday May 27, 1861.

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney at Chambers - notes from May 27, May 28, June 1, June 3, 1861.

Chief Justice Roger B. Taney at Chambers detailing affairs on the following dates: May 27, May 28, June 1, and June 3, 1861.

Writ of Attachment to General George Cadwalader for Tuesday, May 28, 1861, from Thomas Spicer, Circuit Court Clerk, May 27, 1861.  Return from U.S. Marshal Washington Bonifant declaring the Writ undeliverable on May 28, 1861.
 

Likely written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, grounds for why detention of prisoner was unlawful, filed May 28, 1861.

June 1, 1861, headed "Ex parte John Merryman sitting at chambers," documentation by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
"Ex Parte John Merryman" Before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States at Chambers, Opinion of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, June 1, 1861.  37 Pages.  Last page has losses.