Legal Opinion
Miller v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1942No. 11958PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORDBYE, District Judge.
The appellant, Jessie William Miller, was convicted of the crime of kidnaping under the so-called Lindbergh Law, 18 U.S.C.A. § 408a, Act of June 22, 1932, as amended by Act of May 18, 1934, Chap. 301, 48 Stat. 781. The indictment charges that the appellant and his wife, Artilla Miller, on or about August 28, 1939, lured, decoyed, kidnaped and inveigled one Dorothy Garner from a point in Arkansas to a point in the State of Texas for the purpose of holding her in involuntary servitude and to make her work in their behalf, and that they held her in such captivity and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Brown v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Gooch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- McKelvey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Thornburg v. American Strawboard Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by38 opinions
- William L. Poole v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. Franklin Delano FloydCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- Niewiadomski v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1947
- Leyerly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1947
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