Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1871
Blyew v. United States - 80 U.S. 581 (1871) U.S. Supreme Court Blyew v. United States, 80 U.S. 13 Wall. 581 581 (1871) Blyew v. United States 80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 581 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY Syllabus Under the act of 9th April, 1866, 14 Stat. at Large 27, sometimes called "The Civil Rights Bill," which gives jurisdiction to the circuit court of all causes, civil and criminal, affecting persons who are denied or cannot enforce in the courts of the state or locality where they may be, any of the rights given by the act (among which is the right to give evidence, and to have full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens), a criminal prosecution is not to be considered as "affecting" mere witnesses in the case, nor any person not in existence. United States v. Ortega, 11 Wheat. 467, affirmed. By the Revised Statutes of Kentucky, published A.D. 1860, [ Footnote 1 ] it is ...
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