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RAKES v. UNITED STATES

No. 257.

212 U.S. 55 (1909)

RAKES v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Waller R. Staples for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Fowler for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error issued directly from this court to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia under § 5 of the act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, 26 Stat. 827, as amended by the act of July 20, 1897, c. 68, 29 Stat. 492, and cannot be maintained unless this was a case of "conviction of a capital crime," or a case involving...

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