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DAVIS v. BURKE

No. 286.

179 U.S. 399 (1900)

DAVIS v. BURKE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 17, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James H. Hawley for appellant. Mr. J.W. Dorsey and Mr. Edgar Wilson were on his brief.

Mr. Samuel H. Hays for appellee. Mr. W.E. Borah was on his brief.

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

The assignments of error, which are somewhat voluminous, are practically resolvable into two questions, first, whether the petitioner was legally prosecuted by information, and, second, whether the act of February 23, 1899, providing for executions at the state penitentiary under the direction of the warden, is as to this defendant ex post facto...

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