Habeas corpus does not retry issues
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From 225 U.S. 420 - Glasgow v. Moyer · 1912Most cited · 293 citing opinions
the principle of the cases is the simple one that if a court has jurisdiction of the case, the writ of habeas corpus cannot be employed to re-try the issues, whether of law, constitutional or other, or of fact.