UNITED STATES v. BEVANS


16 U.S. 157 (____)

3 Wheat. 157

UNITED STATES v. BEVANS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

February 14th. Webster, for the defendant.

Wheaton, for the United States.


February 21st, 1818. MARSHALL, Ch. J., delivered the opinion of the court.

The question proposed by the circuit court, which will be first considered, is, whether the offence charged in this indictment was, according to the statement of facts which accompanies the question, "within the jurisdiction or cognisance of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts?"

The indictment appears to...

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