Holt v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. The facts, which involve the validity of a conviction for murder committed on a military reservation of the United States, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
The plaintiff in error was indicted, in the Circuit Court, for murder, alleged to have been committed “within the Fort Worden Military Reservation, a place under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.”. There was a trial and a verdict of guilty, without capital punishment, as allowed by statute. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life, and thereupon brought this writ of error. 168 Fed. Rep. 141.
The seriousness of some of the questions raised is somewhat obscured by a number of meticulous objections. We shall dispose of the latter summarily, and shall discuss at length only matters…
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