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HAMMERSCHMIDT v. U.S.

No. 254.

265 U.S. 182 (1924)

HAMMERSCHMIDT ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ed. F. Alexander, with whom Mr. Joseph W. Sharts was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Davis, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Clifford H. Byrnes, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a review by certiorari of the conviction of thirteen persons charged in one indictment with the crime of violating § 37 of the Penal Code. The charge was that the petitioners wilfully and unlawfully conspired to defraud the United States by impairing, obstructing and defeating a lawful function of its government, to wit: that of registering for military...

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