Tredwell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Criminal prosecution by the United States against W. B. Tredwell. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
In an indictment containing 31 counts the above-named plaintiff in error, herein referred to as defendant, was charged with stealing, at various times stated, a large quantity of nitrate of soda belonging to the United States. At the trial, and after the evidence was all in, the prosecution of 12 counts was abandoned, with the consent of the court; on the remaining counts a general verdict of guilty was returned by the jury.
[1] The assignments of error present but two questions. It is argued in the first place that the court should have sustained a demurrer to the…
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