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STEEDLE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 5584, 5594, 5595, 5599, 5671.

85 F.2d 867 (1936)

STEEDLE et al. v. UNITED STATES, and four other cases.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Metz, Harry A. Estep, A. M. Oliver, Mead J. Mulvihill, and John A. Metz, Jr., all of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Francis Shunk Brown, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.

Louis E. Graham, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., and James I. Marsh, Asst. U. S. Atty. and Horatio S. Dumbauld, U. S. Atty., both of Pittsburgh, Pa., for the United States.

Before BUFFINGTON and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and FORMAN, District Judge.

BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were convicted for the violation of section 19 of the Criminal Code of the United States, section 5508, R.S., 18 U.S.C.A. § 51. This statute declares it a crime if two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

The charge against the appellants, none...

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