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SEXTON v. CALIFORNIA

No. 155.

189 U.S. 319 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 543

47 L.Ed. 833

SEXTON v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Mr. James Parker for plaintiff in error. Mr. John E. Sexton was on the brief.

Submitted by Mr. U.S. Webb, attorney general of the State of California, Mr. Henry H. Glassie, Mr. R. Woodland Diggs and Mr. George A. Sturtevant for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

The record now before us raises but a single question for our determination, and that is whether the state court upon the facts alleged in the indictment had any jurisdiction over the subject matter.

The plaintiff in error contends that the right of the general government to exercise jurisdiction over the crime of which he was convicted is exclusive, and...

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