Charles Francis Hurt v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
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Whether the United States district court can prosecute a defendant outside the limited jurisdiction provided to a territorial court
QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the United States district court can prosecute a defendant outside the limited jurisdiction provided to a territorial court in direct contravention of 356 bales of cotton (1825); The SARAH, 5 LEd 644 8WHEAT 391; Forsythe v. The United States, 9 HOWARD 571, 13 LEd 262, and the 1922 Balzac v. Porto Rico, 298 U.S. 298, 312; and ini direct conflict with the definition presented as "District Court of the United States" by this Court in Mookini v. United States, 303 U.S. | 201, (1938) and Confirmed in Nguyen v. United States, 539 U.S. 69 in the Historical Sense Quoting Mookini; and within the Advisory noted of Rule 54 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. . | | (ai)