Battle v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT- OP GEORGIA. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This case comes up on a writ of error to the United States Circuit Court, after a conviction of the plaintiff in error of murder without capital punishment. The chief error assigned is that the court proceeded without jurisdiction — an objection taken by demurrer and renewed in other forms. The crime was committed upon'land bought by the United States in the city -of Macon, on which it was building a post office and courthouse, and over which the State of Georgia had ceded jurisdiction; but it is said that murder in a post office of the United States has not been made an offense against the…
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