Legal Opinion
Colson v. Johnston
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 26, 1940No. 23241-WPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN I. WELSH, District Judge.
Petitioner, James Colson, along with several co-defendants, was indicted during the April term of 1921 in the Western Division of the Northern District of Ohio under Section 197 of the Criminal Code (Title 18 U.S.C., Sec. 320, 18 U.S.C.A. § 320) providing that “Whoever shall assault any person having lawful charge, control, or custody of any mail matter, with intent to rob, steal, or purloin such mail matter or any part thereof, or shall rob any such person of such mail or any part thereof, shall, for a first offense, be imprisoned not more than ten years; and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- NielsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
3Cited by7 opinions
- Costner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1943
- Kerr v. SquierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
- Loyce Edward Brooks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
- Schultz v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
- Waldon v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Illinois · 1949
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