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· 4/26/1880

Louisville, Gibson v. Halliday

Citations

  • 154 U.S. 657
  • 14 S. Ct. 1204
  • 38 L. Ed. 1092
  • 1880 U.S. LEXIS 1550

Syllabus

<p>The findings of fact by the Circuit Court in an admiralty suit are conclusive upon this court.</p>

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  • (holding that legislation did not change the common law, which provided that “an officer had no authority to make an arrest for a misdemeanor though committed in his presence unless it involved a breach of the peace.”

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Judges: Waite

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