Beavers v. Henkel
Citations
- 194 U.S. 73
- 24 S. Ct. 605
- 48 L. Ed. 882
- 1904 U.S. LEXIS 874
Syllabus
<p>Statutory provisions must be interpreted in the light of all that may be done under them.' In all controversies, civil and criminal, between the Government and an individual, the latter is entitled to reasonable protection.</p> <p>The Fifth Amendment is satisfied by one inquiry and adjudication, and an indictment found by the proper grand jury should be accepted anywhere within the United States as at least prima facie evidence of probable cause and sufficient basis for removal from the district where the person arrested is found to the district where the indictment was found.</p> <p>The place where such inquiry must be had, and the decision of the grand jury obtained, is the locality in which by the Constitution’and laws the final trial must be had.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- “The grand jury is a body known to the common law, to which is committed the duty of inquiring whether there be probable cause to believe the defendant guilty of the offense charged.”
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Judges: Brewer
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