Weems v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1910-05-02

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Mr. Justice McKenna delivered the opinion of the court. 1 This writ of error brings up for review the judgment of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, affirming the conviction of plaintiff in error for falsifying a “public and official document.” In the “complaint,” by which the prosecution was begun, it was charged that the plaintiff in error, “a duly appo…

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