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KEPNER v. UNITED STATES

No. 244.

195 U.S. 100 (1904)

24 S.Ct. 797

49 L.Ed. 114

KEPNER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1904.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Aldrich for plaintiff in error:1

Mr. Lebbeus R. Wilfley, Attorney General for the Philippine Islands, for the United States in this case and in Nos. 583 and 584.

Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt for the United States in this case and in Nos. 583 and 584.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

Thomas E. Kepner, a practicing lawyer in the city of Manila, Philippine Islands, was charged with a violation of the law in the embezzlement of the funds of his client (estafa). Upon trial, in November, 1901, in the court of first instance, without a jury, he was acquitted, it being the judgment of the court that he was not guilty of the offense charged. Upon appellate...

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