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United States v. Paul

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 18, 1832PublishedCited by 32 opinions

THIS case came before the court on a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. The defendant, James Paul, was indicted at October term 1830 of the circuit court.,- The indictment found by the grand jury was as follows: Southern District of New York, ss.

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THIS case came before the court on a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. The defendant, James Paul, was indicted at October term 1830 of the circuit court.,- The indictment found by the grand jury was as follows: Southern District of New York, ss. The jurors for the United States of America within and for the circuit and district aforesaid, ori their oaths present, that James Paul, late of West Point, on the 10th day of September in the year of our Lord 1830, about the hour of ten in the night of the…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall

stated it to be the opinion of the court, that the third section of the act of congress, entitled “ án act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against .the" United States, and for other purposes,” passed March .3, 1825, is to be limited to the laws of the several states in force at the time of its enactment. This ,'was ordered to be certified^ to the circuit court for the southern district of New York.'.

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