To be Tested.
--In the summer of 1862, a writ of
habeas corpus was applied for to bring the Police
Commissioners of
Baltimore, confined at that time in Fort Lafayette by order of the
Government, before
Judge Garrison, of the
County Court of
Kings county, New York.
Sheriff Campbell attempted to execute the writ, but, being met by armed men at
Fort Hamilton, was unable to do so, and made a return to that effect.
The matter rested until recently, when counsel for the
Commissioners applied for an alias attachment in the arrest of
Colonel Martin Barke, commandant of the fortifications at the Narrows, and which has been granted by
Judge Garrison.
The writ has been placed in the hands of the
Sheriff, but no return had been made at last accounts from the
North.