FORSYTH v. THE UNITED STATES


50 U.S. 571 (1850)

9 How. 571

JOSEPH FORSYTH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


The facts in the case are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court.

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a motion by the Attorney-General, on behalf of the United States, to dismiss the writ of error for want of jurisdiction, it having been taken out in a criminal case to bring up a judgment on an indictment for cutting timber upon government lands.

The indictment was returned by the grand jury, at the October term...

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