FRANCIS v. PEOPLE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS

Nos. 3412, 3413.

11 F.2d 860 (1926)

FRANCIS v. PEOPLE OF VIRGIN ISLANDS. SAME v. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. A. Berle, Jr., of New York City (David Wallerstein, of Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for appellant.

Charles H. Gibson, Government Atty., of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for appellees.

Before BUFFINGTON, WOOLLEY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are from judgments of the District Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States for the Subjudicial District of St. Thomas and St. John. Clen v. Jorgensen (C. C. A.) 265 F. 120; Soto v. United States (C. C. A.) 273 F. 628. The first was entered in a proceeding for criminal libel; the second in a proceeding for contempt of court. Although the cases were separately tried and decided and are here on separate appeals, their common...

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