Legal Opinion
United States v. Thompson
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 30, 1912No. 5,119PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Criminal prosecution by the United States against Carter Thompson. On motion by defendant to amend judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN EEEET, District Judge.
Defendant was convicted on an indictment charging him with a violation of the White Slave Traffic Act, so called, an offense made a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not to exceed five years, etc. (36 Stat. at Earge, 825), and was sentenced to imprisonment in the federal penitentiary at McNeil’s Island for an aggregate term of 18 months — a period of one year on the first count and 6 months on the second, the two to run consecu*347tively. Treating these two periods as constituting separate sentences, the defendant now moves to correct or amend the judgment, by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ex Parte WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- MacKin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- In Re MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Ex parte FridayDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1890
3Cited by4 opinions
- O'BRIEN v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1931
- Hunter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1921
- Johnson v. United States ex rel. PepeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
- United States ex rel. Pepe v. JohnsonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1928