Summary
In United States v. Hamilton, 109 U.S. 63, 3 S.Ct. 9, 27 L.Ed. 857, the court said: "As a motion to quash is always addressed to the discretion of the court, a decision upon it is not error, and cannot be reviewed on a writ of error."
Summary of this case from Kempe v. United StatesOpinion
Submitted October Term, 1882. Decided October 15th, 1883.
Practice This court will not take cognizance of a division of opinion between the judges of a circuit court on a motion to quash an indictment.
The certificate of division in this case was made on a division in opinion between the judges on a motion to quash the indictment. As a motion to quash is always addressed to the discretion of the court, a decision upon it is not error, and cannot be reviewed on a writ of error. In the case of United States v. Rosenburgh, 7 Wall. 580, we decided the precise point, that this court cannot take cognizance of a division of opinion between the judges of a circuit court upon a motion to quash an indictment. This decision was re-affirmed in United States v. Avery, 13 Wall. 251, and in United States v. Canda, decided at October term 1881.
The case, not being properly before us, is dismissed.