LAMAR v. UNITED STATES

No. 434.

240 U.S. 60 (1916)

LAMAR v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1916.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General for the United States, in support of the motion.

Mr. Carl E. Whitney and Mr. A. Leo Everett for plaintiff in error in opposition to the motion.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was tried and convicted upon an indictment charging him with having falsely pretended to be an officer of the Government of the United States, to wit, a member of the House of Representatives, that is to say, A. Mitchell Palmer, a member of Congress, with intent to defraud J.P. Morgan & Company and the United States Steel Corporation. The case...

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