United States v. Wilson
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS case came before the court on a certificate of division of opinion from the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.
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THIS case came before the court on a certificate of division of opinion from the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. At the April-sessions 1830 of that court, six indictments were presented to and found by the grand jury against James Porter and George Wilson: one for obstructing the mail' of the United States from Philadelphia to Kimberton on the 26th day of November 1829; one for obstructing the mail from Philadelphia to Reading on the 6th day of December 1829; one for the robbery of the Kimberton mail, and putting the life of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
In this case the grand jury had found an indictment against the prisoner' for robbing the mail, to which he had pleaded not guilty. Afterward^, he withdrew this plea, and pleaded guilty. On a motion by the district attorney, at a subsequent day, for judgment, the court suggested the propriety of .inquiring as to the effect of a certain pardon, understood to have been granted by the president of the United States to the defendant, since the conviction on this indictment, alleged to relate to a conviction on another indictment, and that the motion was adjourned till the.next day. On the…
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