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UNITED STATES v. HESS

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124 U.S. 483 (1888)

8 S.Ct. 571

31 L.Ed. 516

UNITED STATES, v. HESS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 30, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George W. Miller for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The statute upon which the indictment is founded only describes the general nature of the offence prohibited; and the indictment, in repeating its language without averments disclosing the particulars of the alleged offence, states no matters upon which issue could be formed for submission to a jury. The general, and, with few exceptions, of which the present is not one, the universal rule...

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