Legal Opinion

Post v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 23, 1896No. 694PublishedCited by 52 opinions

ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. At J une term, 1894, of the District Court for tbe District of Minnesota, held at Saint Paul in the third division of the district, the grand jury for the district presented, on July 20, 1894, two indictments against George W. Post on section 5493 of the Revised Statutes for subornation of perjury on February 3, 1894, at Duluth in the fifth division.

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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. At J une term, 1894, of the District Court for tbe District of Minnesota, held at Saint Paul in the third division of the district, the grand jury for the district presented, on July 20, 1894, two indictments against George W. Post on section 5493 of the Revised Statutes for subornation of perjury on February 3, 1894, at Duluth in the fifth division. To each indictment the defendant pleaded not guilty, with leave to withdraw his plea at October term, 1894, held at Saint Paul, to which the cases were continued. At…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray

By the Revised Statutes, as by the previous act admitting the State of Minnesota into the Union, the whole State was constituted one judicial district. Act of May 11, 1858, c. 31, § 3; 11 Stat. 285; Rev. Stat. § 531. By the act of April 26, 1890, c. 167, which took effect August 1, 1890, the District of Minnesota was divided into six divisions for the purpose of holding terms of court; the courts for 'the third division, which included Saint Paul, were to be held at Saint Paul on the fourth Tuesday in June and the second Tuesday in January, and the courts for the fifth division, which…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. In Re BonnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Caha v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Virginia v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  5. Cook v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891

3Cited by52 opinions

  1. Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Salinger v. LoiselSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  3. United States v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
  4. Mulloney v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1935
  5. Rosencrans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897

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