Allen v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1897-03-15

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Mr. Justice Brown delivered the opinion of the óourt. The plaintiff in error claims that the order of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, dismissing his writ of error to the Superior Court of Bibb County, because he had escaped from jail and was a fugitive from justice, was a denial of due process of law within the meaning of the Federal Constitution.…

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