United States v. Journal Co.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Criminal prosecution by the United States against the Journal Company, Incorporated. On motion to quash indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
This case grows out of the report of the trial of the celebrated Beattie Case, which took place in the county of Chesterfield, adjoining this city, during the late summer of last year. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., was indicted, tried, and executed for the murder of his young wife. The crime was committed while on an automobile ride, at night, over a country road, near to their residence, some five weeks after the birth of their first child. The supposed motive for the crime was his infatuation for a young woman of dissolute character, with whom he had from time to time…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ex Parte JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Dunlop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Public Clearing House v. CoyneSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Swearingen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Tyomies Pub. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
- United States v. DavidsonDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1917
- Commonwealth v. GordonPhiladelphia County Court of Quarter Sessions · 1949
- McKnight v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
- United States v. StrongDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1920
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