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JAMES v. BOWMAN

No. 213.

190 U.S. 127 (1903)

JAMES v. BOWMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 4, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt for appellants.

Mr. Swager Sherley, with whom Mr. W.B. Dixon was on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

The single question presented for our consideration is whether section 5507 can be upheld as a valid enactment, for if not, the indictment must also fall, and the defendant was rightfully discharged. On its face the section purports to be an exercise of the power granted to Congress by the Fifteenth Amendment, for it declares...

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