UNITED STATES v. WHEELER

No. 68.

254 U.S. 281 (1920)

UNITED STATES v. WHEELER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 13, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.C. Herron, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney General Stewart was on the briefs, for the United States:

Mr. Charles E. Hughes, with whom Mr. E.E. Ellinwood, Mr. John Mason Ross and Mr. Clifton Mathews were on the brief, for defendants in error:


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The case is here under the Criminal Appeals Act to directly review a judgment quashing an indictment against the 25 persons who are defendants in error. The indictment contained four counts, but as the fourth is now abandoned by the Government we need not consider it.

The first count charged the accused with conspiring, in violation of § 19 of the Criminal...

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