MacDaniel v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. The grand jury for the district of Maryland returned as “a true bill” an indictment against the plaintiff in error, charging “that .Tesse L. MacDaniel, late of said district, yeoman, heretofore, to wit, on the thirteenth of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, at Baltimore, in the district aforesaid, was then and there engaged in conducting, promoting,…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. The grand jury for the district of Maryland returned as “a true bill” an indictment against the plaintiff in error, charging “that .Tesse L. MacDaniel, late of said district, yeoman, heretofore, to wit, on the thirteenth of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, at Baltimore, in the district aforesaid, was then and there engaged in conducting, promoting, and carrying on, by means of the post-office establishment of the United States, a certain unlawful business; that is to…
1Opinion of the CourtPurnell, District Judge
(after stating case as above). There is and has been for many years a tendency to liberality in pleading, both civil and criminal. Many of (he states have adopted the code system, supposed to be lite simplest known to the profession, bidden *326farewell to John Doe and Richard Roe, myths familiar to the older members of the profession, and many technicalities of pleading. Other states adhere to the old forms, and the courts continue to draw distinctions with refined nicety. The citation of state authorities in the argument, therefore, tends more to confuse than to elucidate, and can have no…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- United States v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- United States v. LacherSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- In Re RapierSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. TrubySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
- Benton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1928
- United States v. HowardDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1904
- State v. SavantSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- State v. ChenaultNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1915
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