Legal Opinion

Orth v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided July 6, 1918No. 1600PublishedCited by 22 opinions

In Error to the District Court oí the United Stales for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Charleston; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. Albert Orth was convicted of the statutory offense of aiding a federal convict to escape, and of harboring and concealing such convict, and lie brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

WOODS, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was convicted and sentenced under an indictment charging violation of the following statute :

"Whoever shall rescue or attempt to rescue, from the custody of any officer or person lawfully assisting him, any person arrested upon a warrant or other process issued under the provisions of any law of the United States, or shall, directly or indireeilj, aid, abet, or assist any person so arrested to escape from the custody of such officer or other person, or shall harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest a warrant or process has been so issued, so as to…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Stevens v. McClaughryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
  3. Munson v. McClaughryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
  4. Ulmer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
  5. Halligan v. WayneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1910

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3Cited by22 opinions

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