JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 1075.

225 U.S. 405 (1912)

JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paca Oberlin and Mr. Thomas M. Baker (by special leave of the court), with whom Mr. Joseph Salomon was on the brief, for petitioner.

The Solicitor General for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Johnson was indicted, tried and convicted in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for the crime of murder for killing one Ofenstein, and sentenced to death.

He moved for arrest of judgment and for new trial on certain grounds which, among others, present three questions — (1) whether he had been properly...

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