Mullen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United State's for the District of Kentucky. The plaintiffs in error were indicted for alleged violations of the Revised Statutes of the United States (section 5508), in that, being respectively judge of the election, sheriff of election, clerk of election, and challenger, at an election held on November 7, 1000, at Louisville, Ky., for the election of persons to fill certain state and municipal offices, they had entered into a…
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In Error to the District Court of the United State's for the District of Kentucky. The plaintiffs in error were indicted for alleged violations of the Revised Statutes of the United States (section 5508), in that, being respectively judge of the election, sheriff of election, clerk of election, and challenger, at an election held on November 7, 1000, at Louisville, Ky., for the election of persons to fill certain state and municipal offices, they had entered into a conspiracy to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate certain colored persons, on account of their race, color, and previous…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, Circuit Judge
The comment of the judge in his charge and the several refusals to charge in the exceptions noted raise the question whether in a criminal trial, in a court of the United States, where no testimony has been offered as to the previous good character of the accused, a presumption of such good character exists in favor of the accused, of which, upon a request to that effect, the j'ury should be instructed. The supreme court of the United States, dealing with the presump*894tion of innocence in criminal trials, in the case of Coffin v. U. S., 156 U. S. 432, 460, 15 Sup. Ct. 394, 405, 39 L. Ed. 481,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Starr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Hicks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Hickory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- McKnight v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
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- Sandals v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
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