Ainsworth v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a criminal term, overruling a demurrer to a joint indictment of several defendants for manslaughter. The facts are set forth in the opinion. in their brief cited Bishop’s Directions and Forms, Secs. 522, 525: 1 Wharton’s Precedents of Indictments and Pleas, 89, 114, 118, 134, 157,158, 190; 1 Wharton’s Cr. Law, Ch. 5; Roscoe’s Cr. Ev., 702; U. S. v. Holtzauer, 40 Fed.
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Hearing on an appeal from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a criminal term, overruling a demurrer to a joint indictment of several defendants for manslaughter. The facts are set forth in the opinion. in their brief cited Bishop’s Directions and Forms, Secs. 522, 525: 1 Wharton’s Precedents of Indictments and Pleas, 89, 114, 118, 134, 157,158, 190; 1 Wharton’s Cr. Law, Ch. 5; Roscoe’s Cr. Ev., 702; U. S. v. Holtzauer, 40 Fed. R., 76; Com. v. Hartwell, 128 Mass., 418; U. S. v. Corbin, 11 Fed. R., 238; Lamberton v. State, 11 Ohio, 282; State v.…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This case is brought into this court on appeal from an interlocutory judgment of the court below, rendered on a demurrer to an indictment against the defendants for manslaughter, whereby the demurrer was overruled and the defendants required to plead. It was owing to the peculiar circumstances of the case, with the prospect of a very protracted, laborious and expensive trial, that this court deemed it proper and to be in the interest of justice to allow the defendants to bring their case here by an appeal, and to be heard as to whether there…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- United States v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. HendersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Simcic v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
- United States v. Interstate Properties, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946