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Wilson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 25, 1928No. 7998PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Pursuant to order of court the district attorney filed an information charging defendant (plaintiff in error here) with criminal contempt, in that, defendant on June 4,1927, while acting as guard at the Tulsa county jail, committed an inexcusable and unjustifiable assault and battery on one Leonard Grant, who was then and there held and detained in said jail as a federal prisoner on a mittimus regularly issued by a United States commissioner for the Northern district of Oklahoma on default of Ms giving bail to appear and answer the charge of having in Ms possession…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. In Re DebsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Ex Parte RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  3. In re NevittCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  4. Starr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Ex Parte Duncan N. HennenSupreme Court of the United States · 1839

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Waffenschmidt v. MackayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  2. Conley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
  3. James E. McCall v. C. L. Swain, Superintendent, Lorton ReformatoryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
  4. Waffenschmidt v. MackayCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  5. Clark v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932

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