Legal Opinion

Ansbro v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 2, 1895No. 558PublishedCited by 21 opinions

ERROR to the circuit court of the united states for the SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Puller

John Ansbro was indicted for the crime of dumping injurious deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York city, in violation of the act of Congress of June 29, 1888, (25 Stat. 209, c. 496,) was tried before Judge Benedict and a jury in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, convicted, and sentenced December 20, 1894, to six months’ imprisonment. There were six counts in the indictment against him, three of which were waived by the district attorney; he was acquitted upon two and convicted upon the second count alone. The act in question is…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. BuddSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Sayward v. DennySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Carey v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Borgmeyer v. IdlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Hanford v. DaviesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Paraiso v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. Muse v. Arlington Hotel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Cornell v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1905

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