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CRUMPTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 1310.

138 U.S. 361 (1891)

CRUMPTON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Garland for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Solicitor General for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a writ of error sued out under the sixth section of the act of Congress of February 6, 1889, 25 Stat. 655, 656, c. 113, § 6, to review a judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas, imposing a sentence of death upon the plaintiff in error for the murder of Sam. M. Morgan, "at the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian country." The plaintiff in error relied for...

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