UNITED STATES v. HOWELL

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78 U.S. 432 (1871)

11 Wall. 432

20 L.Ed. 195

UNITED STATES, v. HOWELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 1, 1871.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.T. Sullivan, for the prisoner:

Mr. B.H. Bristow, Solicitor-General, contra.


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The judges of the circuit have certified to this court five questions arising on the indictment. The first question is, whether the second count of the indictment is bad as being in itself repugnant, and the four other questions relate to a similar repugnancy in the statute under which the indictment is framed. As the count to which the first question refers pursues the language of the statute, all the questions...

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