Crawford v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the trial of an indictment for an alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the trial of an indictment for an alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The appellant, William G. Crawford, was convicted in the supreme court of the District of Columbia on the first count of indictment numbered 24,688, charging him, August W. Machen, and George E. Lorenz with a conspiracy to defraud the United States; said indictment having been framed under sec. 5440, U. S. Rev. Stat., U. S. Comp. Stat.…
1DissentChief Justice Shepard
I find myself unable to assent to the judgment in this case for the following reasons. e
1. In my opinion there was error in overruling the defendant’s challenge of the juror Haley. I agree that in so far as section 217 of the Code is concerned, the juror, even if he may be regarded as “a salaried officer of the United States,” in a technical sense, had merely a right to claim exemption from jury duty thereunder. It was not a positive disqualification, which required him to be set aside without his claiming the exemption. I think, however, that the objection went further than this, and…
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- Waldron v. WaldronSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Wallace v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Central Railroad v. MitchellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- Hubbard v. RutledgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1879
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