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UNITED STATES v. HODSON, 1870 — 154 U.S. 580 · caselaw · US
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UNITED STATES v. HODSON
154 U.S. 58020 L. Ed. 241·Supreme Court of the United States·1870
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Opinion
UNITED STATES v. HODSON.
ERROR to the circuit court op the united states for the DISTRICT OP WISCONSIN.
No 52.
Argued November 17, 1870.
Decided December 6, 1870.
United States v. Iiodson, 10 Wall. 395, followed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
Mr. Attorney General for plaintiff in error.
Mr. M. H. Carpenter for defendants in error.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Swayne]
Mr. Justice Swayne
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is also a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Wisconsin.
The record presents the same questions which have just been decided in the case of the United States v. Hodson, No. 50, 10 Wall. 395. The result in this case must be the same.
The judgment below is reversed and the cause will be remanded with directions to issue a venire de novo. Reversed.