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BASSET v. UNITED STATES

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76 U.S. 38 (1870)

9 Wall. 38

19 L.Ed. 548

BASSET, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 24, 1870.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The judgment was now brought here by Basset and the other obligors in the recognizance, and was submitted by them, without counsel, upon the record; and contra, upon a brief of Mr. Hoar, A.G., and Mr. Field, Assistant A.G.

Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Both the pleas of the defendants were pleas of nul tiel record, the first denying the existence of the recognizance, and the second denying the pending of the indictment at the time the recognizance was taken. A plea of nul tiel record to a supposed record of the court in which the plea is made is tried by the court, because it is an issue to be determined by the inspection of its own records. But...

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