Legal Opinion

United States v. Chung Sing

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided January 26, 1894No. Criminal No. 92PublishedCited by 14 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for the County of Maricopa. A. C. Baker, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtRouse, J.

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the crime of disposing of ardent spirits to an Indian under the charge of an Indian agent, in violation of section 2139 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Appellant made a motion for a new trial on the following grounds, viz.: ‘ ‘ 1. Because the court erred in admitting and rejecting evidence; 2. Because the court erred in charging the jury; 3. Because the evidence does not sustain the verdict of the jury.” The motion for a new trial was overruled, and appellant was sentenced-to imprisonment. On the trial, after the testimony for the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. AsheCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Commonwealth v. NagleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. United States v. Victor AngeliniCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  2. United States v. Curtis HewittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  3. State v. QuintanaArizona Supreme Court · 1962
  4. State v. KaiserArizona Supreme Court · 1973
  5. State v. SelbyOregon Supreme Court · 1914

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