United States v. Colgate & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP VIRGINIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Writs of error from District Courts directly here may be taken by the United States “From a decision or judgment quashing, setting aside, or sustaining a demurrer to, any indictment, or any count thereof, where such decision or judgment is based upon the invalidity, construction of the statute upon which the indictment is founded.” (Act of March 2, 1907, c. 2564, 34 Stat. 1246.) Upon such a writ “we have no authority to revise the mere interpretation of an indictment and are confined to ascertaining whether the court in a case under review erroneously construed the statute.” “We must accept…
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