Levinson v. United States

Leyinson was convicted on February 24, and on February 25 was sentenced to the penitentiary. He claimed an appeal, the appeal was allowed, the amount of the supersedeas bond fixed, he gave the bond, and it was approved by the court. His counsel claim that later, on that day and during the next day, they first learned of two causes of complaint: One, that a deputy marshal, not in charge of the jury, improperly associated with them before or after the ease was submitted to the jury, or at both times; the other, that the Assistant Attorney General, in charge of the prosecution, had improperly…