Hardy v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
On September 10, 1901, in the District Court for the District of Alaska, Second Division, Fred Hardy, plaintiff in error, was found guilty of the crime of murder and sentenced to be hanged. Thereupon he sued out this writ of error.
In the record appear thirty-two assignments of error, but in the brief filed by his counsel only three are pressed upon our attention. First, it is claimed that the court erred in refusing the defendant a continuance. “ That the action of the trial court upon an application for a continuance is purely a matter of discretion, and not-subject to review by this court,…
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