LEDBETTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 196.

170 U.S. 606 (1898)

LEDBETTER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H. Scott Howell and Mr. William C. Howell for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Boyd for defendants in error.


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

Defendant did not demur to the indictment, nor move to quash, nor take advantage of its alleged insufficiency upon the trial, but after conviction moved in arrest of judgment upon the ground that it failed to aver with sufficient particularity the details of the offence, and the time and place of its commission.

1. The principal alleged defect in the indictment is set forth in the...

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