ACERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 393.

164 U.S. 388 (1896)

ACERS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.H. Garland and Mr. R.C. Garland for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dickinson for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error was convicted in the District Court for the Western District of Arkansas of an assault with intent to kill, and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of two years and six months. The undisputed facts were these: Defendant and one Joseph M. Owens had some dispute about business affairs, and while returning together to the house where they were both stopping, defendant picked up a stone about...

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