Legal Opinion

Addington v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 1, 1897No. 579PublishedCited by 33 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIECUIT COURT OF THE ÜNITED STATES FOE THE EASTERN ' DISTRICT OF TEXAS. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

The plaintiff in error, 0. L. Addington, and one T. D. Buchannon, “late of the Choctaw Nation, Red River Count}’, Indian Territory,” were charged by indictment in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas with the crime of having, on the 28th day of June, 1895, in said county, killed and murdered one Oscar Hodges, “ a white person, and not an Indian, nor a citizen of the Indian Territory, nor a citizen of any Indian nation or tribe.”

The defendants pleaded separately not guilty. Buchannon was found not guilty, and Addington was found guilty of murder as charged'…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Blitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Beard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Fairmount Glass Works v. Cub Fork Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. United States v. Brad Eugene Branch, Kevin Whitecliff, Jaime Castillo, Renos Lenny Avraam, Paul Fatta and Graeme Leonard CraddockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  3. United States v. Bennie L. PetersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  4. Andersen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  5. Miller v. Maryland Casualty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930

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