UNITED STATES v. MATHUES

No. M-141.

27 F.2d 137 (1928)

UNITED STATES ex rel. HASSELL v. MATHUES, U. S. Marshal.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. K. Scott, of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

George W. Coles, U. S. Atty., of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


DICKINSON, District Judge.

This writ was sued out for the obvious purpose of testing the question of whether the relator should be held for trial. The controversy over this broad question turns upon two propositions advanced by the relator: (1) The evidence does not justify even an accusation of guilt. (2) The offense, if committed, was at a time such that the statute of limitations is a bar to prosecution.

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