FRANCIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 80.

188 U.S. 375 (1903)

FRANCIS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John G. Carlisle and Mr. Miller Outcalt for petitioners.

Mr. William D. Guthrie's brief in No. 2 (p. 321, ante,) was also entitled in this action.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Beck for the respondent argued and submitted the same brief as in Champion v. Ames, the Lottery Case, p. 321, ante.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an indictment under Rev. Stat. § 5440, for conspiring to commit an offence against the United States. The offence which the defendants are alleged to have conspired to commit and to have committed is that of causing to be carried from one State to another, viz., from Kentucky to Ohio, five papers, certificates and instruments, purporting to be and to represent...

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