GREER v. UNITED STATES

No. 504.

245 U.S. 559 (1918)

GREER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 28, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James C. Denton, with whom Mr. Frank Lee was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Warren, for the United States, submitted.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The petitioner was tried for introducing whiskey from without the State into that part of Oklahoma that formerly was within the Indian Territory. He was convicted and sentenced to fine and imprisonment. Material error at the trial is alleged because the court refused to instruct the jury that the defendant was presumed to be a person of good character, and that the supposed presumption should be considered as...

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