Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 10, 1926No. 3698PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAGE, Circuit Judge.
The District Court found plaintiff in error guilty of contempt, because he did not, as sheriff of Cook county, 111., take and keep two certain prisoners in the Cook county jail, as commanded. One of the prisoners was delivered into possession of the sheriff on October 11, 1924, under a sentence for one year; the other was so delivered on November 11,1924, for a like term.
As to the prisoner first committed, the court found that the sheriff, in disobedience of the order of commitment, had permitted him to go at large many times, and fined the sheriff therefor $2,500. As to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ex Parte WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Garrigan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1908
3Cited by15 opinions
- Henderson v. DudleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
- James E. McCall v. C. L. Swain, Superintendent, Lorton ReformatoryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Paul H. "Bud" HolmesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Gant v. ManessMississippi Supreme Court · 2001
- United States v. PersonDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1963
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