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836941Mendezona v. United States — Opinion of the CourtWilliam R. Day

United States Supreme Court

195 U.S. 158

Mendezona  v.  United States

 Argued: April 21, 22, 1904. ---


This case involves the question just decided in Kepner v. United States, 194 U.S. -, ante, 797, 24 Sup. Ct. Rep. 797. The plaintiff in error was acquitted in the court of first instance, and convicted in the supreme court of the Philippine Islands.

For the reasons stated in the Kepner Case, the judgment herein is reversed, and the prisoner discharged.

Dissenting: Mr. Justice Brown, Mr. Justice White, Mr. Justice McKenna, and Mr. Justice Holmes.

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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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