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UNITED STATES v. BAKER

Cr. No. 24113-CD.

129 F.Supp. 684 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Elvin Cyril BAKER, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. California, Central Division.

February 24, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., for Southern Dist. of California, Los Angeles, Cal., by Louis Lee Abbott and Lloyd F. Dunn, Assts. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for U. S.

Paul Fitting, Alhambra, Cal., for defendant.

TOLIN, District Judge.

The decision of this case requires definition of the words "attempt" and "intimidation" as they are used in the statute involved1 and the indictment2 returned in this action.

By dictionary definition, "attempt" means3 "to make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform; to venture upon; * * *." This meaning is common in the society...

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