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John Dick

Released
Date of birth:1788
Date of death:23. 04. 1824
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Louisiana
Time Imprisoned:
0 months
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John Dick

Biography

John Dick was the United States district attorney at New Orleans who helped bring Louis Louaillier's petition for a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Dominick A. Hall. For his part in the challenge to General Andrew Jackson's martial law, Jackson ordered him detained as well, in the same March 1815 confrontation over the rule of law in the occupied city.

Case

Charges: No formal charges — martial-law detention by Gen.
Arrested: Mar 6, 1815
Incarcerated: Mar 6, 1815
Released: March 1815
Convicted: No