FITZPATRICK v. UNITED STATES


178 U.S. 304 (1900)

FITZPATRICK v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 28, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.B. Browne, Mr. Julius Kahn and Mr. Alexander Britton for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Solicitor General for the United States.


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

1. A suggestion is made by the government of a want of jurisdiction in this case, upon the ground that it is not of a "conviction of a capital crime" within section five of the Court of Appeals act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, 26 Stat. 826, as amended by act of January 20, 1897, c. 68, 29 Stat. 492, specifying the cases in which a writ of error may be issued directly to a District...

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