A

TREATISE

ON THE

RIGHT OF PERSONAL LIBERTY,

AND ON THE

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

AND THE

PRACTICE CONNECTED WITH IT:

WITH A VIEW OF THE

Lato of Extradition of Fugitives.

BY

ROLLIN C. HUR D.

SECOND EDITION,

WITH NOTES, BY

FRANK H. HURD.

ALBANY:

W. C. LITTLE & CO., LAW BOOKSELLERS.

1876.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six,

BY FRANK H. HURD,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

DAVISON

PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS,

SARATOGA SPRINGS,

TO

HENRY STANBERRY, Esq.,

DISTINGUISHED AMONG THE FEW WHO, AMIDST THE TEMPTATIONS TO PROFESSIONAL INCONSTANCY PECULIAR TO OUR TIMES AND COUNTRY, CONTINUE,

WITH UNWAVERING DEVOTION, TO DIGNIFY

AND ADORN THE

PRACTICE OF THE LAW,

BY THE DISPLAY OF PROFOUND AND VARIED LEARNING AND THE GRACES OF POLISHED ELOCUTION, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY

INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR.