Parkinson v. United States

Citations

• 121 U.S. 281
• 7 S. Ct. 896
• 30 L. Ed. 959
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 2048

Syllabus

<p>Offenders against the provisions of §§5511 and 5512 Rev. Stat. must be prosecuted by indictment and not by information, as the nature of the punishment makes the crime “ infamous” within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.</p>