Coffin v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1896-05-04

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Me. Justice White, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. Fifty-two requests for instructions were submitted on behalf of the defendants to the trial court. The assignments of error are sixty-two in number. The uselessness of this multitude of assignments is demonstrated bj the fact that but nineteen out of the sixty-two were relied upon…

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