Fleming v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the United States Court for China; Charles S. Eobingier, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Williams S. Fleming. From a judgment adjudging the defendant guilty of direct-contempt, he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
On July 28, 1921, the assistant United States attorney for the district of China filed in the court below an information charging the plaintiff in error, who will hereinafter be designated the defendant, with the offense of criminal libel. When called upon to plead to the information the defendant, who was an attorney licensed to practice in the court below, filed a petition and motion for change of venue, and an affidavit in which certain allegations of fact were verified by his own oath. Among the allegations therein contained are, in substance, the following: That…
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