Case of Lange
New York Supreme Court
Action by Edward Lange against - Benedict for false imprisonment. Edward Lange, was indicted in the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of New York, for stealing mail bags belonging to the post office department of the United States, under section 290 of the act of June 8, 1872 (17 Stat. 320), which provided as follows: “Any person who shall steal, purloin, or embezzle, any mail bag. or other property in use by, or belonging to, the post office…
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Action by Edward Lange against - Benedict for false imprisonment. Edward Lange, was indicted in the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of New York, for stealing mail bags belonging to the post office department of the United States, under section 290 of the act of June 8, 1872 (17 Stat. 320), which provided as follows: “Any person who shall steal, purloin, or embezzle, any mail bag. or other property in use by, or belonging to, the post office department, or who shall, for any lucre, gain or convenience, appropriate any such property to his own or any other than its…
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
This action has been brought to recover for the unlawful imprisonment of the plaintiff by the defendant, who is the United States district judge for the Eastern district of New,York It appears by the complaint and the copies of the papers annexed to it, showing the proceedings had, that the plaintiff was indicted, tried, and convicted at a term of the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of New. York, held by the defendant, of the crime of .larceny committed by stealing mail bags of the value of less than twenty-five dollars. By the act of congress defining the offence…
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