UNITED STATES v. JACKSON

No. 15459.

235 F.2d 925 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Herschel Forrest JACKSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

August 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Caldwell, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Osro Cobb, U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., Warren Olney, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Maceo W. Hubbard, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

W. H. Gregory, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before STONE (retired), and WOODROUGH and VAN OSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.


WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

The Government takes this appeal to reverse a judgment which sustained a motion against and dismissed an indictment for violation of Section 242, Title 18 U.S.C.A., on the ground that it failed to state an offense against the United States under the provisions of the section.

The section, so far as it is relevant, provides that "Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any inhabitant...

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