Cook v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT- OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. There was, in July, 1888, a parallelogram of unorganized public land extending from the 100th meridian on the east to the 103d on the west, and from latitude 36° 30' to latitude 37°. It was called “ Public Land ” upon the maps, but was commonly known as “No Man’s Land.”
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT- OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. There was, in July, 1888, a parallelogram of unorganized public land extending from the 100th meridian on the east to the 103d on the west, and from latitude 36° 30' to latitude 37°. It was called “ Public Land ” upon the maps, but was commonly known as “No Man’s Land.” It was originally a part of the Republic of Texas; but, in the annexation, the parallel of 36° 30' was made the northerly line of the State, presumably in order to apply the rule of the Missouri Compromise. Kansas and Colorado were subsequently…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The plaintiffs in error, with others, were indicted in the court below at its October term, 1889, and were convicted and sentenced to suffer death, for the crime of murder alleged to have been committed on the 25th day of July, 1888, in that part of the United States designated in numerous public documents as the Public Land Strip, but conraionly called No Man’s Land. It is 167 miles in length, 34£ miles in width, lies between the 100th meridian of longitude and the-Territory of New Mexico, and is bounded on the south by that part of Texas known as the Panhandle, and by Kansas and Colorado on…
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