Legal Opinion
Jackson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1900No. 570PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAWLEY, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error was indicted, tried, and convicted in the district court of the district of Alaska for the crime of an assault with' a dangerous weapon, and sentenced to 10 years at hard labor in the penitentiary at McNeil’s Island, in the state of Washington. The entire proceedings, from the impaneling of the grand jury to the passing of the sentence by the court, are claimed to be either absolutely null and void or erroneous. The jurisdiction of the court is attacked, and the punishment prescribed claimed to be cruel and inhuman. The case is interesting and…
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