UNITED STATES v. JONES

No. 1554.

134 U.S. 483 (1890)

UNITED STATES v. JONES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 24, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Cotton and Mr. F.P. Dewees for appellants.

Mr. George A. King for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

A brief reference to the powers and duties of a commissioner, as an examining and committing magistrate, will be sufficient to dispose of the only question presented by this appeal. Section 1014 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides that, "for any crime or offence against the United States, the offender may...

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