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UNITED STATES v. COLGATE & CO.

No. 828.

250 U.S. 300 (1919)

UNITED STATES v. COLGATE & COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant to the Attorney General Todd, with whom Mr. Henry S. Mitchell, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Charles E. Hughes, with whom Mr. Charles Wesley Dunn and Mr. Mason Trowbridge were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Writs of error from District Courts directly here may be taken by the United States "From a decision or judgment quashing, setting aside, or sustaining a demurrer to, any indictment, or any count thereof, where such decision or judgment is based upon the invalidity, or construction of the statute upon which the indictment is founded." (Act of March 2, 1907, c. 2564, 34 Stat. 1246.) Upon such a writ "we have...

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