United States v. Louis
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
At Law. Motion to set aside verdict and for a new trial, on the ground the bond sued upon was not valid, because taken by a United States commissioner, who, it 'is alleged, was without authority to take a bail bond after the conviction of the accused, the principal in the bond, Charles C. Browne, on appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals, and on the further ground that, assuming the bond to be valid, there was no proof the condition had been broken, and also that no interest…
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At Law. Motion to set aside verdict and for a new trial, on the ground the bond sued upon was not valid, because taken by a United States commissioner, who, it 'is alleged, was without authority to take a bail bond after the conviction of the accused, the principal in the bond, Charles C. Browne, on appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals, and on the further ground that, assuming the bond to be valid, there was no proof the condition had been broken, and also that no interest is recoverable.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The facts stated and conceded upon the trial and those appearing in the stenographer’s notes are as follows:(1) The principal in the bond sued upon, Charles C. Browne, having, on trial in the Circuit Court of the Southern District of New York, been convicted of the crime of conspiracy to defraud the United States, and duly sentenced, took a writ of error to the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit to review the judgment of conviction. On granting the writ, and pending such appeal and hearing, and on application of said defendant, Judge Edward B. Thomas, *278duly…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. HortonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1873
- United States v. DunbarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1897
- Hoeffner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
- United States v. HardenDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1881
- United States v. Hom HingDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1892
3Cited by1 opinion
- Rossi v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926