Legal Opinion

Hall v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 3, 1898No. 312PublishedCited by 38 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.' The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

.Me. Justice Peckha-m

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant was indicted in the Circuit; Court of the United States for the Southern District of ÍTew York in October, 1896, for embezzling and stealing a certain letter and its contents, described in the indictment, containing money. The indictment was under section 5467, Kevised Statutes,- which is set out in the margin. The defendant was employed in a department of the postal service as a clerk at station F, a branch post office of the-United States in the city of blew York.

The indictment contained three counts. The first and second…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Goode v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Montgomery v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Lefkowitz v. TurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. United States v. BallardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. United States v. Robert Leonard LucarzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970

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