Rowan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas; James C. Wilson, Judge. Criminal prosecuti1on by the United States against Albert Rowan and others. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
[1] This case went to trial on the first count of the indictment, which was demurred to by the plaintiffs in error, Albert Rowan and Ben Luna. The ground of demurrer relied on in argument is one suggesting that that count is duplicitous, because it charges more than one separate and distinct offense. The count mentioned charged that the plaintiffs in error, W. S. Scrivnor and three other named persons, did on a stated date commit an assault upon named custodians while they were in charge of United States registered mail at the Jackson Street substation of the United…
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