http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1883/ U.S. Supreme Court Cases, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>A Louisiana law assessed an annual tax on goods which remained stored on flat boats prior to sale. Brown, a representative of a Pennsylvania coal mining company, refused to pay the tax on a load of coal which had been shipped to an agent in New Orleans.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1883/1883_2/ <p>The State of California tried and convicted Hurtado on an information for murder. An information is a written set of accusations made by a prosecutor. Hurtado maintained that California denied him an indictment by a grand jury. A grand jury indictment is based on majority vote of the grand jurors on presentation by the prosecutor.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1883/1883_0/