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JOHNSON ALIAS OVERTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 740.

157 U.S. 320 (1895)

JOHNSON alias OVERTON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for defendants in error.

No appearance for plaintiff in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The assignments of error question the correctness of the instructions given to the jury, first, on the subject of a constructive, as distinguished from an actual, presence at the scene of the murder; secondly, as to the effect to be given to the absence of proof of motive; and, thirdly, as to the weight to be attached to the testimony of the defendant...

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