“ General orders continuing all pending criminal cases were thereafter entered at each term until November 5, 1907, when plaintiff in error, defendant below, moved for a discharge from the accusations of the indictment, upon the ground that his right to a speedy trial had been denied. ”

“ Lewis v. United States (216 U.S. 611)
Argued: February 28, 1910. --- Decided: March 14, 1910
Lewis was indicted December 1, 1905, in the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Missouri, charged with depositing certain letters in a post-office of the United States in pursuance of a scheme to defraud, in violation of § 5480 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C.omp. Stat. 1901, p. 3696) . ”