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HAWKER v. NEW YORK

No. 415.

170 U.S. 189 (1898)

HAWKER v. NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 18, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hugh O. Pentecost for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Robert C. Taylor and Mr. Asa Bird Gardiner for defendant in error. Mr. W.M.K. Olcott and Mr. John D. Lindsay were on the brief for the defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The single question presented is as to the constitutionality of this statute when applied to one who had been convicted of a felony prior to its enactment. Its unconstitutionality is alleged on the ground of an alleged conflict with article I, section 10, of the Constitution of the United States, which forbids a State to pass "any Bill...

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