Johnson v. United States
Johnson v. United States
Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff in error Johnson was convicted with three others of conspiring to unlawfully import intoxicating liquor into the United States and to unlawfully transport, possess, and sell same. He assigns error to the overruling of a plea in abatement, the overruling of a .demurrer, and the overruling of a motion in arrest of judgment. No other errors are assigned.
The plea in abatement was on the ground that the foreman of the grand jury returning the indictment was vice president of a national bank, and hence was a United States official, and ineligible to serve as a juror under the laws of Florida. Conceding that the qualifications of jurors in federal courts are
The other assignments are equally without merit.
Affirmed.
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