United States v. Zarafonitis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. The case is stated in the bill of exceptions found in the transcript as follows: In the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas! The United States of America v. John D. Zarafonitis et al. No. 147, Sci. Fa.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. The case is stated in the bill of exceptions found in the transcript as follows: In the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas! The United States of America v. John D. Zarafonitis et al. No. 147, Sci. Fa. Be it remembered that upon the trial of the above entitled and numbered cause in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas, at Dallas, at a term of said court begun and holden in the city of Dallas, within said district, on the first Mpnday…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). In none of the provisions of the Acts of 1891 defining the appellate jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Appeals is there any indication of an intention to confer upon the United States the right to bring up a criminal case of any grade after judgment below in favor of the defendant. United States v. Sanges, 144 U. S. 810, 323, 12 Sup. Ct. 609, 36 L. Ed. 445. The motion to dismiss this writ of error is based upon the proposition that the ease below was a criminal case or proceeding, which the government is not entitled to bring up for review in this court.
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- United States v. SangesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. DunbarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1897
- United States v. SauerDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1896
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- United States v. InsleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
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