ROWE v. UNITED STATES

No. 489.

164 U.S. 546 (1896)

ROWE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin T. Duval and Mr. William F. Cravens for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dickinson for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

We think that these portions of the charge (to which the accused duly excepted) were well calculated to mislead the jury. They expressed an erroneous view of the law of self-defence. The duty of the jury was to consider the case in the light of all the facts. The evidence on behalf of the government tended to show that the accused...

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