Legal Opinion

Caha v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 5, 1894No. 1,001PublishedCited by 234 opinions

ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Me. Justice'Beewee

delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes on error from the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. On March 31, 1893, plaintiff in error, having been found guilty of the crime of perjury by the verdict of a jury, was sentenced to confinement in the Kansas state penitentiary for a term of two years, and to pay a fine of ten dollars.

The questions are these: The indictment was returned September 22, 1892. It in two counts charged the defendant with the crime of perjury committed on January 3, 1890, in the land office at Kingfisher, Oklahoma, in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Knight v. United States Land Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. United States v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. United States v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1835
  5. Armstrong v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872

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3Cited by234 opinions

  1. Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. United States v. GrimaudSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. Lilly v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Cooper v. O'CONNORCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  5. State v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1908

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