Powers v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE- WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the validity of a sentence after conviction for violating §§ 3258, 3279, 3281 and 3242 of the ^Revised Statutes of the United States, are stated in the opinion. . There can be no grand jury for a United States court unless ordered by the judge, and the only method of summoning a grand jury is ,by venire facias. Rev. Stat., §§ 803, 810; 4 Fed.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE- WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the validity of a sentence after conviction for violating §§ 3258, 3279, 3281 and 3242 of the ^Revised Statutes of the United States, are stated in the opinion. . There can be no grand jury for a United States court unless ordered by the judge, and the only method of summoning a grand jury is ,by venire facias. Rev. Stat., §§ 803, 810; 4 Fed. Stat. Ann. 742-744; United States v. Antz, 16 Fed. Rep. 119; United States v. Reed, 2 Blatchf. 435. The grand jury which returned this bill…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
Plaintiff in error (hereinafter called defendant) was convicted in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia under an indictment charging him with the violation of §§ 3258, 32.79, 3281 and 3242 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. He was sentenced to a fine of $100 and to be imprisoned for a period of thirty days.
The indictment contained seven counts, charging the defendant substantially as follows: That he had in his possession a still and distilling apparatus for the production of spirituous liquors without having had such still and apparatus…
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