Benson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
.ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The plaintiff in error, Benson, was indicted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas, jointly with one Mary Bautzahn, for a murder alleged to have been committed at the Fort Leavenworth Military Beservation, within that district, and within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.
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.ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The plaintiff in error, Benson, was indicted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas, jointly with one Mary Bautzahn, for a murder alleged to have been committed at the Fort Leavenworth Military Beservation, within that district, and within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. On the trial Benson’s wife was called as a witness on behalf of the government, and was admitted to testify. At the time when her evidence was taken no objection was made to it; but in a subsequent stage…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
In June, 1891, plaintiff in error was-convicted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas of the crime of murder, and sentenced to be hanged. The crime was charged to have been committed on the Fort Leavenworth military reservation, in the District of Kansas, and the first question presented for our consideration is one of jurisdiction.
The Fort. Leavenworth military reservation is- within the territorial boundaries of the State of Kansas, as established by the act of admission, 12 Stat. 126, c. 20and though then the property of the government, and for a long time…
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