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MACKIN v. UNITED STATES

117 U.S. 348 (1886)

MACKIN & Another v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Richberg and Mr. Samuel Shellabarger for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury (with whom was Mr. Attorney General on the brief) for defendants in error. Mr. John B. Hawley and Mr. Richard S. Tuthill also filed a brief.

Mr. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

In Ex parte Wilson, 114 U.S. 417, it was adjudged by this court, upon full consideration, that a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term of years at hard labor was an infamous crime, within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which declares that "No person shall be held to answer for a capital...

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