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BURNS v. UNITED STATES

No. 135.

274 U.S. 328 (1927)

BURNS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.W. Henderson, with whom Mr. Walter H. Pollak was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Assistant Attorney General Luhring and Mr. Harry S. Ridgely, Attorney in the Department of Justice, were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

An Act of Congress of June 2, 1920, § 1, c. 218, 41 Stat. 731, provides that, if any offense shall be committed in the Yosemite National Park which is not prohibited by a law of the United States, the offender shall be subject to the same punishment as the laws of California prescribe for a like offense. Plaintiff in error was indicted for violating within that Park...

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