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FRESHMAN v. UNITED STATES, 1909 — 212 U.S. 566 · caselaw · US
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FRESHMAN v. UNITED STATES
212 U.S. 566·Supreme Court of the United States·1909
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FRESHMAN v. UNITED STATES.
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COUfiT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.
No. 298.
Motion to dismiss or affirm.
Submitted January 10, 1909.
Decided January 25, 1909.
Writ of error to review a judgment of conviction for liquor selling without having first paid the special Federal tax therefor, dismissed for ' want .of jurisdiction. Plaintiff in error contended that the indictment was found on evidence improperly obtained.
The Attorney General and The Solicitor General in support of motion to .dismiss.
No brief filed in opposition.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:.]
Per Curiam:.
Writ of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Adams v. New York, 192 U. S. 585; Radford v. United States, 129 Fed. Rep. 49; McGregor v. United States, 134 Fed. Rep. 187.