BATTLE v. UNITED STATES

No. 438.

209 U.S. 36 (1908)

BATTLE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Randolph Cooper for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Cooley for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes up on a writ of error to the United States Circuit Court, after a conviction of the plaintiff in error of murder without capital punishment. The chief error assigned is that the court proceeded without jurisdiction — an objection taken by demurrer and renewed in other forms. The crime was committed upon land bought by the United States in the city...

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