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IN RE CHAPMAN, PETITIONER

No. 11. Original.

166 U.S. 661 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 677

41 L.Ed. 1154

In re CHAPMAN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George F. Edmunds and Mr. A.J. Dittenhoefer for petitioner. Mr. Jeremiah M. Wilson was on their brief.

Mr. Solicitor General, for the United States, opposing.

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

It is insisted that the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a criminal court, had no jurisdiction; that the questions were not authorized under the Constitution; and that the act of Congress under which petitioner was indicted and tried is unconstitutional.

Sections 102, 103 and 104, and section 859, of the Revised Statutes, are as follows:

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