United States ex rel. Burtan v. Mulligan

The appellant was indicted in the Northern district of Illinois for willfully, knowingly, and with intent to defraud, possessing' counterfeit bills of the United States oh December 10, 1932. He was arrested in the Southern district of New York and had a hearing before the United States commissioner, who directed his removal. At the hearing the government offered in evidence a certified copy of the indictment, found in the Illinois district, and called a witness who testified that he gave testimony before the federal grand jury in the Northern district of Illinois; that he knew the petitioner…