1. Wildenhus's Case, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Argued December 7, 1886. , January 10, 1887 n1 Decided 1 The docket title of this case was "No 1288 Charles Mali, Consul of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and Joseph Wildenhus, Gionviennie Gobnbosich, and John J Ostenmeyer, Appellants, v The Keeper of the Common Jail of Hudson County, New Jersey"
OVERVIEW: A circuit court properly denied an application for a writ of habeas corpus to release a Belgian sailor to the custody of a Belgian consul in connection with a homicide on board a docked Belgian steamship. The homicide warranted local jurisdiction.
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