Legal Opinion

Collins v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 16, 1915No. 4387Published

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Jack Collins. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.

1Per curiam

Collins was tried, convicted,, and sentenced for introducing intoxicating liquor into the couijty of Muskogee, state of Oklahoma, from without the said.state of Oklahoma, the portion of said county into which the liquor was introduced having been within the limits of the former Indian country. In its charge to the jury the trial court used the following language:

“I think, however, you' will have little trouble in concluding from the evidence in this case that these officers did discover out there a spring wagon, loaded with a large quantity of whisky. I think you will have little trouble in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Chambliss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
  2. Lewellen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  3. Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  4. Sellers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  5. Crites v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915

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