Folsom v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAIS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was a certificate from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows: “ First.
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CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAIS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This was a certificate from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows: “ First. At a regular term of the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the Territory of New Mexico, sitting for the trial of causes arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States, held at Albuquerque, in said district, the plaintiff in error, Stephen M. Folsom, was, on the 15th day of March, 1894, indicted by the grand jury in said court for making…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fullee
The offence denounced by section 5209 of the Hevised Statutes is punishable by imprisonment not less than five nor more than ten years, and is therefore an infamous crime. In re Claassen, 140 U. S. 200, and cases cited.
The question then is whether the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has jurisdiction of a writ óf error to review the judgment and proceedings of the Supreme Cqurt of the Territory of New Mexico in the instance of a conviction of an infamous crime.
By section five of the judiciary act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, 26.Stat. 826, it was provided that appeals or writs of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re ClaasenSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Shute v. KeyserSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Aztec Mining Co. v. RipleySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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