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Franklin v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 14, 1910No. 736PublishedCited by 47 opinions

TjyR.TÍ.OT?. TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP NEW YORK. Three indictments were returned against plaintiff in error by the grand jury in the Southern District of New York.

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TjyR.TÍ.OT?. TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP NEW YORK. Three indictments were returned against plaintiff in error by the grand jury in the Southern District of New York. In the first of said indictments he was charged with the embezzle-meat of certain personal property of the cadets at the United States Military Academy, upon a Government reservation, to wit, the West Point Military Reservation, in the Southern District of New York, in violation of § 5391, Rev. Stat., as amended by the act of July 7,1898; and of §§ 528 and 531 of the New York Penal Code.…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller

the court.

This is a writ of error brought directly to this court from the Circuit Court of' the United States for the-Southern District of New York, and the grounds upon which it is .rested appear to be—

First. That under the, sixty-second Article of War, § 1342, Revised Statutes, which reads:

“All crimes not capital,, and all disorders and neglects, which officers and soldiers may be guilty of, to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, though not mentioned in the foregoing Articles of War, are to be taken cognizance of by a.general or a regimental, garrison, or field officers’…

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  3. United States v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1832

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  5. Johnson v. Yellow Cab Transit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944

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