United States v. Allis
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas
This was an indictment against Horace G-. Allis for violation of Eev. St. § 5209, in making false entries in the books of a national bank and in reports to.the comptroller of the currency of the condition of the bank.
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
(charging jury). One of the chief characteristics of a good government is the sure and speedy administration of justice. No government can long endure, or ought long to endure, under which the criminal is not speedily and certainly punished, and the innocent as speedily and certainly acquitted and protected. Laws are enacted for the protection of the lives, liberty, and property of the citizen. Penalties are prescribed for their violation, that this protection may be insured. Every good citizen withholds Ms own hand from the infliction of punishment, and appeals to the courts Ms government…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Allis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
3Cited by37 opinions
- United States v. James Hugh RogersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- United States v. Ninety-Nine DiamondsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
- Bowen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1946
- Peters v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1899
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