WILLIAMSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 96.

207 U.S. 425 (1908)

WILLIAMSON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles A. Keigwin and Mr. Charles A. Douglas, with whom Mr. W.B. Matthews and Mr. E.B. Sherrill were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

The Attorney General and Mr. William R. Harr, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom The Solicitor General was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error to review a criminal conviction is prosecuted directly from this court upon the assumption that rights under the Constitution are involved. The errors assigned, however, relate not only to such question but also to many other subjects. If there be a constitutional question adequate to the exercise of jurisdiction, the duty exists to review the whole...

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