Melville Fuller

“ An order to show cause was granted, returnable August 4, to which return was made, the cause heard, and the application denied on the ground that the writ of habeas corpus had been suspended, and that the action of the Philippine authorities in that regard was not open to judicial review. ”

“ Whereupon, on the same day, the civil governor issued the following proclamation:
'Whereas certain organized bands of ladrones exist in the provinces of Cavite and Batangas, who are levying forced contributions upon the people, who frequently require them, under compulsion, to join their bands, and who kill or maim in the most barbarous manner those who fail to respond to their unlawful demands, and are therefore terrifying the law-abiding and inoffensive people of those provinces ”

“ Final orders of the circuit or district courts of the United States in habeas corpus can only be reviewed by appeal, and not by writ of error. Re Morrissey (Morrissey v. Perry) 137 U.S. 157, 158, 34 L. ed. 644, 645, 11 Sup. Ct. Rep. 57; Rice v. Ames, 180 U.S. 371, 373, 45 L. ed. 577, 581, 21 Sup. Ct. Rep. 406, 407. In the latter case the court said:
'Motion is made to dismiss the appeal upon the ground that there is no provision of law allowing an appeal in this class of cases. ”