Legal Opinion
Bernal v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1917No. 2970PublishedCited by 26 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the San Antonio Division of the Western District of Texas; Gordon Russell, Judge. Aurelia P. Bernal was convicted of peonage, and she brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POSTER, District Judge.
Plaintiff in error, hereafter referred to as defendant, was indicted for peonage. The material part of the indictment reads as follows:
“That heretofore, to wit, on or about the 24th day of February, A. D. 1916, at the city of San Antonio, Western district of Texas, and the San Antonio division thereof, Aurelia P. Bernal did unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly hold one Sofia Vivar, one Bosenda Nava, .and Angelina Flores to a condition of peonage; that is to say, she, the said Aurelia 'P. Bernal, did then and there keep and hold, by threats and by putting them in fear,…
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