United States v. Weikel
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from the lourfh Judicial District, county of Fergus. STATEMENT. At the June term, 1888, of the Fourth Judicial District" Court, sitting at Great Falls, Cascade County, for the trial and determination of causes arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States within the said district, the grand jury of said court found an indictment against the defendant, John J. Weikel, and Jesse E. Beckwith and George Morris, for counterfeiting silver coin of the United…
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Appeal from the lourfh Judicial District, county of Fergus. STATEMENT. At the June term, 1888, of the Fourth Judicial District" Court, sitting at Great Falls, Cascade County, for the trial and determination of causes arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States within the said district, the grand jury of said court found an indictment against the defendant, John J. Weikel, and Jesse E. Beckwith and George Morris, for counterfeiting silver coin of the United Stales in the county of Fergus. A demurrer to the indictment on the ground that it was ambiguous and uncertain in not…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Wolfe, J.
The appellant was jointly indicted with Jesse R. Beckwith and George Morris, for counterfeiting the silver coin of the United States. Pie was tried separately, and convicted in the Fourth Judicial District Court, sitting as a court for the trial of causes arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States. The indictment charges the offense as follows: “ That the said Jesse R. Beckwith, George Morris, and John J. Weikel, at the county of Fergus, in the Territory of Montana, ■and in the Fourth Judical District, and within the jurisdiction of this court, did falsely make, forge, and…
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