Steers v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Criminal prosecution by the United .States against John S. Steers and others. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Criminal prosecution by the United .States against John S. Steers and others. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error. In November, 3907, W. T. Osborne, living upon a farm near Dry Ridg'\ Ky„ and Ms two tenants, Stowers and Bryant, had in their possession about four hogsheads of tobacco, being their entire crop for the season of 3900. They delivered these four hogsheads to Ramsey, the railroad station agent, at Dry Ridge, and directed shipment to Cincinnati, Ohio. Ramsey gave to Osborne a bill…
1Opinion of the CourtDenison, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] 1. Upon their motion to quash the indictment, respondents offered Jo show that, proceeding under an order for the drawing of a special grand jury, the clerk, acting as jury commissioner, drew names in the •ordinary way from the box used for that purpose, when the court was; sitting at London, and containing the names of jurors residing in the counties from which juries were customarily drawn for service at that point. However, he did not take, as jurors, the first 28 names drawn; but, following a plan to apportion the jury approximately evenly…
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