Legal Opinion

Crumpton v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 2, 1891No. 1310PublishedCited by 133 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown

This was a writ of error sued out under the. sixth section of the act of Congress of February 6, 1889, 25 Stat. 655; 656, c. 113, § 6, to review a.judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas, imposing a sentence of death upon the .plaintiff in error for the murder of Sam. M.-Morgan, “at the'Cherokee Nation, in the Indian country.”- The plaintiff in error relied for a reversal of the judgment upon the following grounds:

1. That the verdict was contrary to the evidence:

2. That the court erred in permitting the district attorney to refer'in his argument…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lancaster v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Freeborn v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
  3. Railway Co. v. HeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Silsby v. FooteSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
  5. Same CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1871

3Cited by133 opinions

  1. United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. United States v. Valenzuela-BernalSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
  5. United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976

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