Patten v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia' convicting him of manslaughter. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The appellant, John J. Patten, hereinafter designated as the defendant, was indicted with three others for murder in the first degree, was separately tried and convicted of manslaughter.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia' convicting him of manslaughter. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The appellant, John J. Patten, hereinafter designated as the defendant, was indicted with three others for murder in the first degree, was separately tried and convicted of manslaughter. Six of the seven counts of the indictment charge that the deceased, John Spencer, was killed in the perpetration, or attempted perpetration, by the defendants of a robbery. The Jth count charges murder in general terms,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nobb
The first assignment of error relates to the manner in which the names of the grand jurors were drawn from the box. The seal on the jury box was broken in the clerk’s office during office hours, by the express authority and direction of the clerk and while he was standing by. This was a public drawing by the clerk. Fletcher v. United States, ante, 53.
After the names of the grand jurors had been drawn the clerk certified those names to the marshal, who notified them of their selection and when to appear in court. It is urged that a venire should have issued. Section 210 of the Code [31 Stat.…
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