HOLT v. UNITED STATES

No. 231.

218 U.S. 245 (1910)

HOLT v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 31, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hugh M. Caldwell, with whom Mr. C.F. Riddell and Mr. John Lewis Smith were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Fowler for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was indicted, in the Circuit Court, for murder, alleged to have been committed "within the Fort Worden Military Reservation, a place under the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States." There was a trial and a verdict of guilty, without capital punishment, as allowed by statute. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life, and thereupon brought this writ of error. 168 Fed. Rep. 141.

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