Secundino Mendezona Y Mendezona v. United States

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Secundino Mendezona Y Mendezona v. United States

195 U.S. 158, 24 S. Ct. 808, 49 L. Ed. 136, 1904 U.S. LEXIS 662

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedMay 31, 1904

Docket584

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Secundino Mendezona Y Mendezona v. United States, 195 U.S. 158, 24 S. Ct. 808, 49 L. Ed. 136, 1904 U.S. LEXIS 662 (1904).

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Opinion

Mr. Justice Day

delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the question just decided in Kepner v. United States, ante, p. 100. 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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