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JOHNSON v. U S, 225 U.S. 405 (1912)      U.S. Supreme Court
225 U.S. 405      ARTHUR JOHNSON, Petitioner,     No. 1075.
Argued May 1 and 2, 1912.     Decided June 7, 1912.      [225
U.S. 405, 406]   Messrs. Paca Oberlin and Joseph Salomon, and
Mr. Thomas M. Baker (by special leave), for petitioner.
[225 U.S. 405, 408]   Solicitor General Lehmann for respondent.
Mr. Justice McKenna delivered the opinion of the court:
Johnson was indicted, tried, and convicted in the supreme court
of the District of Columbia for the crime of murder for killing
one Ofenstein, and sentenced to death. [225 U.S. 405, 409]   He
moved for arrest of judgment and for new trial on certain
grounds which, among others, present three questions-(1) whether
he had been properly arraigned; (2) the action of the court in
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