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UNITED STATES v. HUGHES

No. 4783.

53 F.2d 387 (1931)

UNITED STATES v. HUGHES et al.

District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

October 26, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. M. Holden, U. S. Atty., and Albert Thomas, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex., for the United States.

D. A. Simmons, Lewis Fogle, A. J. Eastham, Cole, Cole, Patterson & Kemper, and W. A. Combs, all of Houston, Tex., for defendants.

KENNERLY, District Judge.

These are motions by the defendants, J. H. Hughes and J. O. Jackson, to quash and dismiss an indictment presented against them, in this court, October 5, 1931, apparently charging (but not so specifically stating in the indictment) a violation of section 336, title 18, USCA. Such motions in effect set forth that the scheme alleged in the indictment does not constitute a violation of the laws of the United States, and that the letters alleged...

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