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UNITED STATES v. CRUIKSHANK ET AL.

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92 U.S. 542 (1876)

23 L.Ed. 588

UNITED STATES, v. CRUIKSHANK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 1, 1875.

March 27, 1876.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This case was argued at the October Term, 1874, by Mr. Attorney-General Williams and Mr. Solicitor-General Phillips for the plaintiff in error; and by Mr. Reverdy Johnson, Mr. David Dudley Field, Mr. Philip Phillips, and Mr. R.H. Marr for the defendants in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes here with a certificate by the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana that they were divided in opinion upon a question which occurred at the hearing. It presents for our consideration an indictment containing sixteen counts, divided into two series of eight counts each, based upon sect. 6 of the Enforcement Act of May 31, 1870....

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