The Court, having taken time to consider, the following opinion was delivered (on the last day of the term, all the judges being present) by Johnson, J. The only question which this case presents is, whether the Circuit Courts of the United States can exercise a common law jurisdiction in criminal cases. We state it thus broadly because a decision op a case of…
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