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ESSGEE CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 706 and 707.

262 U.S. 151 (1923)

ESSGEE COMPANY OF CHINA ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. HANCLAIRE TRADING CORPORATION ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.M.K. Olcott and Mr. A.A. Silberberg for plaintiffs in error and appellants.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Crim, Mr. Clifford H. Byrnes, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Mr. Francis A. McGurk for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are appeals and writs of error to review the action of the District Court in denying petitions of the two companies, the Essgee Company of China and the Hanclaire Trading Corporation, praying that the books and papers produced by an officer of the two companies, in response to a duces tecum issued to them by order of the Federal Grand Jury, be returned to the petitioners, on the ground that the...

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