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Heike v. United States, 217 U.S. 423 (1910)
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Heike v. United States, 217 U.S. 423 (1910)
Heike v. United States No. 849 Submitted April 11, 1910 Decided May 2, 1910 217 U.S. 423
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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Appellate jurisdiction in the federal system of procedure is purely statutory. American Construction Co. v. Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway Co., 148 U.S. 372.
A case cannot be brought to this Court by piecemeal; it can only be reviewed here after final judgment.
A decree is final for the purposes of review by this Court when it terminates the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing to be done except to enforce by execution what has been determined. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern R. Co. v. Express Co., 108 U.S. 24.
A judgment overruling a special plea of immunity under statutory provisions, with leave to plead over, does not, in a criminal case, terminate the whole matter in litigation, and is not a final judgment to which a writ of error will lie from this Court.
The immunity of one testifying before a grand jury, under the Act of February 25, 1903, 32 Stat. 904, as amended June 30, 1906, 34 Stat. 798, does not render him immune from any prosecution whatever, but furnishes a defense which, if improperly overruled, is a basis for reversal of a final judgment of conviction.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Heike v. United States, 217 U.S. 423 (1910) in 217 U.S. 423 217 U.S. 426. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KELJ8S4JW7PB7U2.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Heike v. United States, 217 U.S. 423 (1910), in 217 U.S. 423, page 217 U.S. 426. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KELJ8S4JW7PB7U2.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Heike v. United States, 217 U.S. 423 (1910). cited in 1910, 217 U.S. 423, pp.217 U.S. 426. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KELJ8S4JW7PB7U2.
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