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SPARF AND HANSEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 613.

156 U.S. 51 (1895)

SPARF AND HANSEN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 21, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.F. Smith and Mr. F.J. Kierce for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Conrad for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs in error and Thomas St. Clair were indicted jointly for the murder of Maurice Fitzgerald upon the high seas, on board of an American vessel, the bark Hesper, as set forth in the indictment mentioned in St. Clair v. United States, 154 U.S. 134. On motion of the accused it was ordered that they be tried separately. St. Clair was tried, found guilty of...

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