...all cases of prisoners in confinement, where they shall be confined by any authority of law for any act done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or any process of a judge or court thereof." I will not weaken by a repetition, that clear and conclusive...

...supreme law of the land. It is therefore only necessary to inquire and ascertain whether the petitioner is in custody for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States, in order to dispose of the case. As we have seen from the statement of facts, Mr. Justice Field of...

...relator, and he is in confinement for detaining the soldier, as he was required to do by law, — that is, "for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States." The question thus presented is one of vast importance, and I have endeavored to bestow upon it that...

...a prisoner . . in confinement where he . . shall be confined on or by any authority or law for any act done . . in pursuance of a law of the United States, or any . . process of any judge or court of the same." And this act, by the express provision of the Constitution...

...in 1833, when the nullification proceedings were adopted in South Carolina, it was extended to those in custody for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of a judgment of any of its courts ; in 1842, when the complications growing out of the McLeod case,...

...in 1833, when the nullification proceedings were adopted in South Carolina, it was extended to those in custody for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of a judgment of any of its courts; in 1842, when the complications growing out of the McLeod case...

...apply for such a process to a jndge of the United States court; and, if the process against him is for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States, such jndge has full anthority to discharge him from his imprisonment. It struck us as it did Jndge...

...in 1833, when the nullification proceedings were adopted in South Carolina, it was extended to those in custody for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of a judgment of any its courts. 4 Stat., 634. The primary object of this statute was to protect the...

...in 1833, when the nullification proceedings were adopted in South Carolina, it was extended to those in custody for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States, or of a judgment of any of its courts; in 184'2, when the complications growing out of the McLeod ease...

...section 753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States which relates to the case of a prisoner " in custody for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States." The law of the United States here referred to is to be found in sections 5278 and 5279 of the Revised...