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CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 513.

164 U.S. 436 (1896)

17 S.Ct. 76

41 L.Ed. 504

CHAPMAN, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General for the motion submitted on his brief.

Mr. George F. Edmunds, Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson and Mr. A.A. Hoehling, Jr., opposing, submitted on their brief.

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

The appellate jurisdiction of this court rests on the acts of Congress, and the question is whether we have jurisdiction to review on writ of error a judgment of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in a criminal case under section 8 of the act of February 9, 1893, c. 74, establishing that court. 27 Stat. 434. And the proper...

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