BURROUGHS AND CANNON v. U.S.

No. 434.

290 U.S. 534 (1934)

BURROUGHS AND CANNON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert H. McNeill for petitioners.

Solicitor General Biggs, with whom Messrs. Robert P. Reeder, W. Marvin Smith, and John J. Wilson were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

An indictment returned by a grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia charges petitioners, in ten counts, with violations of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act of February 28, 1925, c. 368, Title III, 43 Stat. 1053, 1070; U.S.C., Title 2, § 241, et seq. The pertinent provisions of the act are contained in §§ 241, 242 and 243, reproduced in...

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