COFFIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 741.

156 U.S. 432 (1895)

COFFIN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.H.H. Miller and Mr. Ferdinand Winter (with whom was Mr. John B. Elam on the brief) for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Conrad for defendants in error.


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

Many of the exceptions taken during the trial and the requests to charge which were refused, as well as most of the exceptions to the charge as given, relate to the counts of the indictment which were quashed on the motion in arrest. All these questions are, therefore, eliminated. We shall hence only consider the matters which are pertinent to the remaining counts, and shall examine first...

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