United States v. Greene
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Indictment for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States. On demurrer.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
The indictment in this case is demurred to upon many grounds, and a plenitude of decided cases have been cited in the exhaustive arguments of counsel for and against the demurrer. The principles of criminal pleading to which these authorities relate are familiar, and it seems serviceable to a satisfactory determination of the questions raised by the demurrer to analyze the indictment in view of the law said to have been violated, and determine whether it is sufficient, in the language of the constitution, to “inform the accused of the nature and cause of the accusa*345tion.”…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Pettibone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Evans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- People v. MatherNew York Supreme Court · 1830
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3Cited by23 opinions
- People v. ZamoraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- Patterson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
- Greene v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1907
- Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
- Breese v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1913
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