Legal Opinion
Alexis v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1904No. 1,134PublishedCited by 10 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern .District of Louisiana.
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.
The indictment in this case contains two counts, each based on the last paragraph of section 5467 of the United States Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3691], which is substantially as follows:
“Any such person (that is, any such post office employé) who shall steal any of the things aforesaid (that is, the contents out of any letter, packet, bag or mail of letters) which shall have come into his possession, either in the regular course of his official duties, or in any other manner whatever, and provided the same shall not have been delivered to the party to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Rowe v. PalmerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Ormsby v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1921
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