Alexander v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COUET OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This was a writ of error sued out under the sixth section of the act of February 6, 1889, 25 Stat. 655, 656, c. 113, § 6, to review a judgment, of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas, imposing a sentence of death upon the plaintiff in error for the murder of David C, Steadman “ at the Creek Nation in the Indian country.”
The plaintiff in error relied upon the following grounds for reversal:
1. That the court erred in its selection of the jury, in that the defendant was required to make his challenges without first knowing what challenges the government’s…
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