UNITED STATES v. CARPENTER

No. 8300.

143 F.2d 47 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. CARPENTER.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

May 26, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney Lewis L. Levin was appointed by this court to represent Carpenter on this appeal.

Appellant is now serving in the Army, having been paroled for such service.

Lewis L. Levin, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Howard L. Doyle and Marks Alexander, U. S. Atty., both of Springfield, Ill., for appellee.

Before EVANS, SPARKS and MAJOR, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant argues that a proper interpretation of the grammatical and structural composition of the statute (18 U.S.C.A. § 409) necessitates the conclusion that Congress meant to impose penalties for any of three separate classes or categories of crimes. It did not, however, mean to make a separate crime of every act described in each of the several classes or categories. In support of such theory, counsel points out...

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