POWE v. UNITED STATES

No. 9130.

109 F.2d 147 (1940)

POWE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Smith, D. R. Coley, Jr., and George A. Sossaman, all of Mobile, Ala., for appellants.

Francis H. Inge, U. S. Atty., of Mobile, Ala., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The five appellants were indicted (with another who was acquitted) for conspiring to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate a named citizen of the United States in the free exercise of his right and privilege as such citizen to speak and publish his views in certain newspapers. Their several demurrers were overruled and appellants were convicted and sentenced. Of the numerous rulings asserted to be...

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