Me. Justice PeckhaM, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court. The act of the legislature of the State of Ohio, passed May 16, 1868, ceding jurisdiction to the United States, if it had remained in force, would have prevented the state officials from taking jurisdiction in this case. • Congress, however, by tbe act of January 21, 1871, ceded…
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