DORR v. UNITED STATES

No. 583.

195 U.S. 138 (1904)

DORR v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No brief filed for plaintiff in error.

Mr. L.R. Wilfley, Attorney General for the Philippine Islands and Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt, for the United States.1


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case presents the question whether, in the absence of a statute of Congress expressly conferring the right, trial by jury is a necessary incident of judicial procedure in the Philippine Islands, where demand for trial by that method has been made by the accused and denied by the courts established in the islands.

The recent consideration by this court and the full discussion had in the opinions delivered...

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