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Thomas Patrick Keyes, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People of the State of Illinois, 1916 — 242 U.S. 610 · caselaw · US
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Thomas Patrick Keyes, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People of the State of Illinois
242 U.S. 610·Supreme Court of the United States·1916
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Opinion
No. 316.
Thomas Patrick Keyes, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People of the State of Illinois.
In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois.
Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 16, 1916.
Decided October 23, 1916.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Bergmann v. Backer, 167 U. S. 655, 656; Caldwell v. Texas, 137 U. S. 692; Howard v. Fleming, 191 U. S. 126, 135; (2) Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 105; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Overton v. Oklahoma, 235 U. S. 31. Mr. Chas. H. Soelke for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Patrick J. Lucey and Mr. Lester H. Strawn for the defendant in error.