In Re Chapman

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1897-04-19

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Me. Chief Justice Fullee, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court. It is insisted that the Supreme Court of' the District of Columbia, sitting as a criminal court, had no jurisdiction; that .the questions were not authorized under the Constitution ; and that the act of Congress under which peti…

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