UNITED STATES v. PATTEN

No. 282.

226 U.S. 525 (1913)

UNITED STATES v. PATTEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 23, 24, 1912.

Decided January 6, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General for the United States:1

Mr. George P. Merrick, with whom Mr. William E. Church was on the brief, for defendant in error Patten.

Mr. John C. Spooner, with whom Mr. Joseph P. Colton, Jr., and Mr. George Rublee were on the brief, for defendants in error, Scales et al.:


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a criminal prosecution under the Anti-trust Act of July 2, 1890, 26 Stat. 209, c. 647, the indictment being in eight counts. In the Circuit Court demurrers to the third, fourth, seventh and eighth counts were sustained and those counts dismissed, 187 Fed. Rep. 664, whereupon the Government sued out this writ of error under the Criminal Appeals Act of March...

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