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THORNTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 4413.

2 F.2d 561 (1924)

THORNTON et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 5, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. K. Wilcox, of Valdosta, Ga., L. W. Branch, of Quitman, Ga., Harley Langdale, and Omer W. Franklin, both of Valdosta, Ga., John W. Bennett, of Waycross, Ga., and Russell Snow, of Quitman, Ga. (Wilson & Bennett, of Waycross, Ga., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

F. G. Boatright, U. S. Atty., of Cordele, Ga., and Chas. L. Redding, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Savannah, Ga.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and KING, Circuit Judges.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called defendants, were convicted of a conspiracy to use deadly and dangerous weapons upon employees of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture, with intent to deter and prevent such employees from discharging their duties of supervising the dipping of cattle, in order to prevent a spread of splenetic fever among cattle, and in order to eradicate from tick-infested cattle...

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