United States v. Caldwell
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[This was an indictment against Richard B. Caldwell for bribing an officer of the United States government. Tbe prisoner pleads to the jurisdiction of the court. Heard on demurrer to the plea.]
1Opinion of the Court
BENEDICT, District Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a demurrer to the plea. The prisoner has been indicted for the offence of bribing an officer of the United States. To this indictment the defendant pleads, that this court ought not to take cognizance of the offence in the indictment specified, because, at the time when he was arrested and brought within the jurisdiction of this court, he was a resident of Prescott, in the province of Ontario, dominion of Canada, and was brought into the jurisdiction of this court on a charge of forgery, under the provisions of the treaty between…
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