COMPTON v. ALABAMA

No. 175.

214 U.S. 1 (1909)

COMPTON v. STATE OF ALABAMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1909.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John M. Chilton for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Alexander M. Garber, Attorney General of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Thomas W. Martin for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

By an affidavit, proper in form and substantially sufficient in its statement of facts, made before a notary public of Fulton County, Georgia, Compton, the plaintiff in error, was charged with having committed the offense of being a common cheat and swindler. The Solicitor of the Criminal Court of Atlanta officially notified the Governor that the accused had been so charged...

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