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Show Appeals on "Habeas Corpus.' Washington, March 29. The Chief Justice Jus-tice of the Supreme Court announced the following order: Ordered that the following regulations be ' established under section 765 of the Revised Statutes: Rule 3, custody of prisoners on habeas corpus: First Pending an appeal from the final decision of any Court or Judge declining to grant a writ of habeas corpus.the custody of the prisoner shall not be disturbed. Second Pending an appeal from the final j decision of any Court or Judge discharging the writ after it has been issued, the prisoner pris-oner shall be remanded to the custody from which he was taken by the writ, or shall, for good cause shown, be detained in the custody cus-tody of the Court or Judge. Third Pending an appeal from the final decision of any Court or Judge discharging the prisoner, he shall be discharged upon his recognizance, with surety for his reappearance reap-pearance to answer the judgment of the appellate ap-pellate court, except where for special reasons rea-sons the sureties ought not to be required. |