United States v. Dickinson
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE FIRST circuit; The facts are stated in the opinión. This court has power under the' Judiciary Act of 17$9, “to issue all writs not specifically provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the usages and principles of law,” and that includes the right to issue writs of certiorari in all proper cases.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE FIRST circuit; The facts are stated in the opinión. This court has power under the' Judiciary Act of 17$9, “to issue all writs not specifically provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the usages and principles of law,” and that includes the right to issue writs of certiorari in all proper cases. In re Chetwood, 165 U. S. 443, 462. The writ of certiorari, under the Federal Constitution and statutes, is strictly the common law writ of that name with all its functions…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
Dickinson and one Foster were jointly indicted under § 5209. of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which is a part of the National Bank Act. Foster, the principal defendant, was cashier of the South Danvers National Bank, and was charged with willfully misapplying the funds of the bank, and Dickinson was charged with aiding and abetting. Both having been convicted, Dickinson sued out a writ of error from the Circuit. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and after argument that court held his conviction invalid by reason of the fact that the verdict against him was found by a jury…
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