Ford v. United States

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• holding that defendant’s objection to personal jurisdiction was forfeited where defendant did not object before he entered his plea
• holding that defendant's objection to personal jurisdiction was forfeited where defendant did not object before he entered his plea
• holding that allegations of indictment unnecessary to and independent of essential allegations may be ignored
• holding that defendant’s objection to personal jurisdiction was forfeited where defendant did not object before he entered his plea
• holding the portion of the indictment charging the defendants with violating a treaty that created no offense against the laws of the United States was mere sur-plusage that could be ignored
• applying National Prohibition Act to high seas despite its silence on issue of extraterritoriality

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