SECUNDINO MENDEZONA Y MENDEZONA
v.
UNITED STATES
SECUNDINO MENDEZONA Y MENDEZONA
UNITED STATES
195 U.S. 158
Supreme Court of the United States (1904)
Also reported at: 49 L. Ed. 136 · 24 S. Ct. 808 · 1904 U.S. LEXIS 662 · SCDB 1903-082
Cited by 1 case
Opinion of the Court
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.