Legal Opinion
Prussian v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1931No. 448PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Prussian, the petitioner, was convicted in the District Court for, Eastern New York of forging an endorsement purporting to be that of a payee of a government draft. At the trial, by motions to dismiss and in arrest of judgment, the sufficiency of the indictment was challenged on the ground that the offense charged was the forging of an obligation of the United States in violation of § 148 of the Criminal Code, U. S. C., Title 18, § 262, and that the endorsement alleged to have been forged was not such an obligation. The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the judgment, holding…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Dunbar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Fasulo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. TurnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
- United States v. SalenSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by108 opinions
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- United States v. EdmonsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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