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Scott v. United States, 172 U.S. 343 (1899)
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Scott v. United States, 172 U.S. 343 (1899)
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Scott v. United States No. 80 Submitted December 5, 1898 Decided January 8, 1899 172 U.S. 343
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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The plaintiff in error, defendant below, a letter carrier, upon his trial charged with purloining a letter containing money, offered himself as a witness on his own behalf, denying that he had purloined the money. On cross-examination, he said that he had enemies in the office, and named two persons. The government called both as witnesses, and both denied that they bore ill will to him. Their evidence was objected to on the ground that the defendant’s evidence on this point was collateral, brought out by cross-examination, and that the government was bound by the answer. Held that the evidence was admissible.
A decoy letter containing money, addressed to a fictitious person, mailed for the purpose of discovering the frauds of a letter carrier, is to be treated as a real letter, intended to be conveyed by the mail, within the meaning of the statutes on that subject.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Scott v. United States, 172 U.S. 343 (1899) in 172 U.S. 343 172 U.S. 344. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Y1H1QAR6PKA9TU3.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Scott v. United States, 172 U.S. 343 (1899), in 172 U.S. 343, page 172 U.S. 344. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Y1H1QAR6PKA9TU3.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Scott v. United States, 172 U.S. 343 (1899). cited in 1899, 172 U.S. 343, pp.172 U.S. 344. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=Y1H1QAR6PKA9TU3.
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