[986] Thus, where on the day assigned for hearing of a writ of error, it appeared that the accused had escaped from jail, the Court, without denial of due process, could order that the writ be dismissed unless the accused surrender himself within 60 days or be captured.—Allen v. Georgia, 166 U.S. 138 (1897).

[987] Carter v. Illinois, 329 U.S. 173, 175-176 (1946).

[988] Frank v. Mangum, 237 U.S. 309 (1915).

[989] For rules of self-limitation formulated by the Court not only to minimize its opportunities for such interference but also to curtail the volume of litigation reaching it for final disposition, see p. [1109].

[990] 297 U.S. 278 (1936).

[991] 237 U.S. 309 (1915).

[992] 261 U.S. 86 (1923).

[993] Despite the court's contention that Moore v. Dempsey was disposed of in conformity with the principles enunciated in Frank v. Mangum, the two decisions are distinguishable not only by the different results reached therein, but by the fact that the State appellate court in Frank v. Mangum had ruled that the trial court had correctly concluded, on the basis of the evidence submitted, that the allegations of mob violence were unsubstantiated whereas the Arkansas appellate court, in Moore v. Dempsey, conceded a similar allegation to be correct but did not deem it sufficient to render the trial a nullity. Although in the later case, Arkansas demurred and thereby admitted the allegations supporting the habeas corpus petition to be true, that fact is a lesser significance, for even in Frank v. Mangum, the Supreme Court abided by the rule that the writ of habeas corpus relates to matters of substance and not of mere form, and declared that the petitioner's allegations should be treated as if conceded by the sheriff having custody of the petitioner.—237 U.S. 309, 332, 346 (1915).

[994] James v. Appel, 192 U.S. 129, 137 (1904); Pittsburgh, C.C. & St. L.R. Co. v. Backus, 154 U.S. 421 (1894); Standard Oil Co. v. Missouri ex rel. Hadley, 224 U.S. 270, 286 (1912); Baldwin v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Assoc., 283 U.S. 522, 524 (1931).

[995] Tracy v. Ginzberg, 205 U.S. 170 (1907); Allen v. Georgia, 166 U.S. 138, 140 (1897); Fallbrook Irrig. District v. Bradley, 164 U.S. 112, 157 (1896).