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UNITED STATES v. DAWSON ET AL.

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56 U.S. 467 (1854)

15 How. 467

14 L.Ed. 755

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. JAMES L. DAWSON, AND JOHN R. BAYLOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 31, 1854.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The motion to dismiss the case was argued by Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Pike, for Dawson, and by Mr. Cushing, (Attorney-General,) for the United States.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant was indicted, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Arkansas, for the alleged murder of one Seaborn Hill, in the Indian country west of the State of Arkansas.

The defendant is a white man, and so was Hill, the deceased.

At a Circuit Court held at the city of Little Rock, on the 28th of April, 1853, the indictment came...

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