Andrews v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This case is here upon a writ of error sued out of the District Court of the United States .for the Southern District of California, wherein-the plaintiff in error was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced for violation of Rev. Stat. § 3893, as amended by the act of Congress of September 26, 1888, c. 1093, § 2, 25 Stat. 496. The indictment contained two counts, each of which alleged…
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This case is here upon a writ of error sued out of the District Court of the United States .for the Southern District of California, wherein-the plaintiff in error was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced for violation of Rev. Stat. § 3893, as amended by the act of Congress of September 26, 1888, c. 1093, § 2, 25 Stat. 496. The indictment contained two counts, each of which alleged that in the year 1893, at the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, the plaintiff in error “ did knowingly,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
Error is attributed to the court below in permitting the witness Flint to testify in the case, for the reason that he was an officer of the United States, and that correspondence was carried on, through the mails, for the sole purpose of obtaining evidence from the defendant upon which to base the prosecution. A similar contention was disposed of by this court in the case of Grimm v. United States, 156 U. S. 604, where it was said: “ It does not appear that it was the purpose of the post office inspector to induce or solicit the commission of a crime, but it was to ascertain whether the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Grimm v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Goode v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Reagan v. AikenSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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- United States v. DennisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
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