Legal Opinion

United States v. Wilcox

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York

Decided October 15, 1859PublishedCited by 10 opinions

This was a demurrer to an indictment [against Morris Wilcox] for perjury.

1Opinion of the Court

HALL. District Judge.

The indictment alleges the perjury to have been committed on “an examination of certain persons charged with crimes or offences against the laws of the United States,” before Aurelian Conkling, Esq., “a commissioner of the United States, duly appointed according to law, and having competent authority and power to arrest offenders for any crime or offence against the United States, and to examine the same, and to imprison or hold the same to bail, and, in the proceedings and matters before him, in relation to offences and offenders, as aforesaid, to administer oaths and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People v. PhelpsNew York Supreme Court · 1830

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. People v. GilletteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
  2. United States v. HowardDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1904
  3. Danaher v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
  4. Kimble v. DegenringSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1936
  5. State v. PrayNevada Supreme Court · 1947

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