Legal Opinion
Adams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1917No. 3047PublishedCited by 4 opinions
In Error to the-District Court of the United States for the Northern District of'Alabama; William I. Grubb, Judge. John Quincy Adams was convicted of stealing from the mail, and he .brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BATTS, Circuit Judge.
John Quincy Adams was indicted for stealing from the mail. The indictment was presented on the I6th of March, 1916. It charges that:
“Heretofore, to wit, on the first day of November, A. D. 1916, at or near Attalla, in the county of Etowah, state of Alabama, the defendant did steal,” ■etc.
Among the several attacks on the indictment is a demurrer presenting the point that it charges the commission of the offense at an im.possible date. The indictment recites that the offense was committed “heretofore”; it states definitely that a definite thing was done; it recites that the…
2Cited by4 opinions
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