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JOHNSON v. MARYLAND

No. 289.

254 U.S. 51 (1920)

JOHNSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 8, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.C. Herron, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney General Stewart and Mr. H.S. Ridgely were on the brief, for plaintiff in error:

Mr. Alexander Armstrong, Attorney General of the State of Maryland, and Mr. J. Purdon Wright, with whom Mr. Lindsay C. Spencer, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Maryland, was on the brief, for defendant in error:

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was an employee of the Post Office Department of the United States and while driving a government motor truck in the transportation of mail over a post road from Mt. Airy, Maryland, to Washington, was arrested in Maryland, and was tried, convicted and fined for so driving without having obtained a license from the State. He saved his constitutional...

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