Brown v. United States (159 U.S. 100)

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Brown v. United States, 159 U.S. 100 (1895)
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4673465Brown v. United States, 159 U.S. 100 (1895) — Syllabus1895by the Supreme Court of the United States

Supreme Court of the United States

159 U.S. 100

BROWN v. UNITED STATES

Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas

No. 863. Submitted: Mar. 5, 1895 --- Decided: June 3, 1895

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Opinion of the Court

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150 U.S. 93
164 U.S. 221

An instruction on the trial of a person indicted for murder, whereby the verdict of guilty of murder or manslaughter turns alone upon an inquiry as to the way in which the killing was done, is held to be reversible error.

THE case is stated in the opinion.

Mr. W. M. Cravens for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney and Mr. William H. Pope for defendants in error.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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