Hall v. United States

Plaintiff in error first presents the same question of jurisdiction that we have considered and decided in the case of Rosencranz v. United States, 155 F. 38; Hornstein v. United States, 155 F. 48, and Botts v. United States, 155 F. 50. Upon the authority of those decisions we hold that the District Court for the District of Alaska had jurisdiction of the case, and that it properly overruled the plea and demurrer.

In this case, as'in that of Botts and Haughey v. United States (just decided by this court) 155 F. 50, error is assigned upon the charge of the court that, “in all prosecutions for…