Legal Opinion
Sachs v. Government of the Canal Zone
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1949No. 12481PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Defendant was charged by information 1 with criminally libeling 2 Daniel E. McGrath, District Attorney for the District of the Canal Zone. 3
Defendant’s demurrer to the information, that it lacks directness and certain ty in setting out the circumstances of the offense and that the facts a-s stated do not constitute an offense, his motion to suppress the use of illegally obtained evidence, and his challenge to the jury panel because of the exclusion of women from it, were all overruled, and the case proceeded to trial before a judge and jury.
At the conclusion of the…
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