Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion of the court. This is an information charging a contempt of this court and is to the following effect. On February 11, 1906, one Johnson, a colored man, was convicted of rape upon a white woman, in a criminal court of Hamilton County, in the State. of Tennessee, and was sentenced, to death. On March 3 he presented, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to the…
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