Abstract
In 1886, the United States government dispatched federal agent Henry Julian to Peru to arrest Frederick Ker for alleged acts of larceny and embezzlement committed in Illinois. Julian was to obtain custody of Ker under authority of the United States-Peruvian extradition treaty. However, the Chilean occupation of Peru left "a void where the Peruvian government would otherwise have been." Faced with this peculiar procedural obstacle, Julian abducted Ker and brought him back to the United States for trial. The United States Supreme Court ruled in Ker v. Illinois that Ker's abduction did not negate the lower court's jurisdiction over him, creating what is now known as the Ker-Frisbie doctrine.
Recommended Citation
Gordon, Mary C.
(1993)
"United States v. Alvarez-Machain: An
Unexpected Ally for Native American
Tribal Authority,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1993:
No.
3, Article 3.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1993/iss3/3