Legal Opinion
Johnston v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1898No. 688PublishedCited by 21 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama.
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
Preston T. Johnston, who prosecutes this writ of error, was tried, convicted, and sentenced for the violation of section 5399, Rev. St. U. S., on an information as follows:
“The United States versus P. T. Johnston.
“No. 2,953. Information. District of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. For the November Term, A. D. 1896.
“Before the Hon. John Bruce, District Judge.
“Be it remembered that George F. Moore, as district attorney of the United States for the Middle district of Alabama, who for the said United States, in this behalf, prosecutes in his proper…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. TureaudU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana · 1884
- United States v. GruverDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1888
3Cited by21 opinions
- Albrecht v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Giles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1922
- State v. PetersonWyoming Supreme Court · 1920
- State ex rel. Samlin v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1921
- Weeks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
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