Legal Opinion

Smith v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 28, 1920No. Nos. 5245, 5246, 5380PublishedCited by 16 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against J. Sidney Smith, Charles M. Thompson, and C. A. Smith. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

TRIEBER, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in error, referred to hereinafter as the defendants, prosecute these writs of error to secure a reversal of the conviction and sentences for violating section 37 of the Penal Code (Comp. St. § 10201), conspiring to violate section 215 of the Penal Code (section 10385). There were a large number of other persons charged as defendants in the indictment; some were dismissed, and a number of others were tried with the defendants and found guilty; but these three plaintiffs in error are the only defendants prosecuting writs of error. While a separate writ of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Holmes v. GoldsmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
  5. Kreuzer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Hartzell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
  2. Ernest S. Borum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  3. Leo P. Reistroffer v. United States of America, W. L. Rogers v. United States of America, Marvin Norris v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1958
  4. Blue v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
  5. Tincher v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1926

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