Williams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia; Beverly D. Evans, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Charles T. Williams. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPPARD, District Judge.
The plaintiff in error was tried and •convicted for the offense denounced by section 3258 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. 1916, § 5994). It was the usual indictment of four counts in such cases, and plaintiff in error was convicted on all ■counts, and assigns as error here the admission in evidence over his objection of the records of two previous convictions of plaintiff in the same court for the same offense. There are two other assignments mentioned in the brief, but not argued, to the effect that the court ■erred in not permitting the accused to malee an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1918
3Cited by2 opinions
- Matthews v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
- Hyche v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943