Hornstein v. United States

HUNT, District Judge.

Charles Hornstein, plaintiff in error, was convicted of the crime of gambling after trial upon information filed in the United States Commissioner’s Court for the District of Alaska. To the information Hornstein filed a demurrer and plea in abatement, raising the point that the United States Commissioner had no jurisdiction over an offense committed within the incorporated limits of the town of Nome, District of Alaska, where the alleged crime was *778committed. The plea in abatement and demurrer were overruled, trial was then had before a jury, and a verdict of guilty was…