Dickerson v. United States

JOHN B. SANBORN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in error were defendants in the court below and will be so referred to in this opinion. Upon their pleas of guilty to two indictments, each of which contained two counts, they were sentenced to a year and a day under each count of both indictments, the sentences to run concurrently. Prior to entering their pleas of guilty, the defendants demurred to each count, and their demurrers were overruled. After sentence, they made motions in arrest of judgment, which were also overruled. The eases were consolidated for review, and the writ of error…