United States v. Silverthorne
District Court, W.D. New York
Asa K. Silverthorne and others were indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States. On motion to quash the indictment and for inspection of the minutes of the grand jury.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
This is a motion to quash the indictment (Ho. 2031) on the ground that the evidence before the grand jury, upon which it was based, was insufficient and incompetent, or, in the alternative, for an inspection of the minutes of the grand jury, and, if inspection and examination are allowed, that the various questions raised by this motion be reserved to the hearing on the plea in abatement, filed herein, to which no replication has as yet been served by the government.
*855[1] It is well understood that inquiries into crimes by a grand jury are inquisitorial in their nature,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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- McKinney v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
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- United States v. ViolonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1909
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