Collins v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Jack Collins was convicted of introducing liquor into the Indian country, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
Collins was indicted for introducing liquor into the Indian country. He waived arraignment and pleaded not guilty. When the case came on for trial, he asked leave to withdraw his plea, so that he could demur to the indictment. His motion was denied, and he was tried, convicted, and sentenced.
[ 1J It is admitted that granting or denying such a motion is a matter of discretion, but it is urged that the trial court abused its discretion, because it had then recently sustained a demurrer to a like indictment against one Wright, and that until reversed that ruling stood as the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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