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JORDAN v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

No. 519.

225 U.S. 167 (1912)

JORDAN v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harvey H. Pratt and Mr. Arthur Thad Smith, with whom Mr. Charles W. Bartlett and Mr. Jeremiah S. Sullivan were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James M. Swift, Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with whom Mr. Walter A. Powers, Assistant Attorney General, was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death, and the judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The case is brought here upon a single question, namely, that the plaintiff in error has been denied due process of law under...

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