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Dansby v. United States

Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory

Decided June 9, 1899PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the United States Court for the Central District. Yancey Lewis, Judge. Thomas J. Dansby was convicted .of larceny. He moved an arrest of judgment. The motion was overruled, and he appeals.

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Appeal from the United States Court for the Central District. Yancey Lewis, Judge. Thomas J. Dansby was convicted .of larceny. He moved an arrest of judgment. The motion was overruled, and he appeals. This is a prosecution commenced by the return of an indictment November 19, 1895, against the appellant, charging him with the larceney of two cows of the value of $18, alleged to have been taken with the intent to steal, on the 10th day of April, 1895, from Charles Colbert, in the Central district of the Indian Territory. On. the 13th day of November, 1896, the appellant was, without…

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The record in this case is as follows: “Now comes the United States, by its attorney, and comes the defendant in person and by counsel, and comes a jury of twelve men of the regular panel, who are duly sworn and impaneled to try the issues herein, and the defendant is thereupon duly arrainged, and refuses to plead. It is ordered by the court that a plea of not guilty be entered herein, and, after hearing the evidence, the instructions of the court, and the arguments of counsel, they retired to consider of their verdict,” etc. It is not necessary to proceed with the record further.

Appellant…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Hopt v. People of Territory of UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Parkinson v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Johnson v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
  4. Bowen v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Sartorious v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1852

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. WaltonOregon Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Harris v. United StatesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910

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