Lem Woon v. Oregon
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the “ Information Act of 1899, of the State of Oregon and the validity of a conviction thereunder, are stated in the-opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
On March 9, 190S, Lem Woon, the plaintiff in error, was accused by a sworn complaint, made before a committing magistrate of the City of Portland, of the crime of murder in the killing of Lee Tai Hoy, and, being arraigned before the magistrate, waived examination, and was held to answer the charge. On April 1, 1908, the district attorney of the proper district filed in the proper circuit court an information charging him with the crime of murder in the first degree in respect of the same homicide. The institution of the prosecution by such an information was at that time authorized by § 1 of…
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