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Ball v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 11, 1891No. 1351PublishedCited by 193 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. By stipulation between counsel, an order made by the Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, on the 4th of December, 1888, was added to the record in this case, which order is as follows: “ Whereas, it appears by the certificate of the clerk of the District Court hereto annexed, that the Hon. Chauncey B. Sabin, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, is prevented biT…

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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. By stipulation between counsel, an order made by the Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, on the 4th of December, 1888, was added to the record in this case, which order is as follows: “ Whereas, it appears by the certificate of the clerk of the District Court hereto annexed, that the Hon. Chauncey B. Sabin, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, is prevented biT reason of illness from continuing the holding of the present November term of the District and Circuit Courts of the United…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller

The following errors are assigned upon the recoi’d or specified in the briefs of counsel: (1) That the indictment was fatally defective in not alleging when and where the victim died : (2) That the court erred in denying defendants’ motion for separate trials: (3) And in entering a joint judgment against defendants and a joint sentence of death, and that the ■alleged judgment and sentence were not entered according to law, and the motion in arrest should have been granted: (4) That Judge Bryant should have granted the motions filed by .each of the defendants to vacate and set aside the prior…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Norton v. Shelby CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. In Re PalliserSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. Fowler v. BebeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
  4. Commonwealth v. MacloonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  5. Messner v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1871

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3Cited by193 opinions

  1. United States v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Illinois v. SomervilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Hagner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

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