United States v. Jones
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada
John T. Jones was indicted under Rev. SL §§ 5456, 5460. Heard on motion to quash indictment, plea in abatement, and demurrer.
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John T. Jones was indicted under Rev. SL §§ 5456, 5460. Heard on motion to quash indictment, plea in abatement, and demurrer. On the 23d day of August, 1895, a “true bill” of indictment was found by a grand jury against defendant, containing two separate counts, the first charging that the defendant, on the 15th clay of June, 1893, and before the finding of lifts indictment, “did unlawfully and feloniously rake, steal, and carry away from the United States mint at Carson City, slate and district of Nevada, personal property, to wit, gold metal, which said personal property belonged to the…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(orally). 1. The court did not err in excusing certain grand jurors of its own motion. One was excused because he was a surety upon the bond of defendant for Ms appearance in court. Another, because he had left the state, with his family, without the intention of returning, and had sought and obtained employment in another state, and had simply returned to this state on a temporary visit. Another was a witness in the mint cases. The others had either formed or expressed opinions of the guilt or innocence of the defendants in the mint cases. There is no pretense that any of the grand jurors…
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