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NELSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 490, 491, 492.

201 U.S. 92 (1906)

NELSON v. UNITED STATES. BOSSARD v. SAME. McNAIR v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 12, 1906.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James G. Flanders, with whom Mr. Charles F. Fawsett and Mr. William Brace were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error in these cases and for appellants in Nos. 381, 382, 383, 384 and 385 argued simultaneously herewith.1

Mr. Frank B. Kellogg and Mr. James M. Beck, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, with whom The Attorney General was on the brief, for the United States in these cases and in Nos. 381, 382, 383, 384 and 385.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs in error urge three main contentions, which we will consider in their order.

I. That the evidence, documentary and oral, which the witnesses were required to produce, was not shown to be material to plaintiff's case.

1. There are three answers to this contention. (1) The evidence is clearly material. The charge...

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