Ehrlich v. United States

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

On May 4, 1943, Sam Ehrlich, upon verdict directed by the trial court, was found not guilty on each count of an information charging him with violations of regulations promulgated under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq. The gravamen of that prosecution was that Ehrlich, who was engaged in the business of selling meats, had received from certain sales a price in excess of the maximum allowed under the regulations for the commodity sold, in that, though he had billed the sales at a legal price, he had demanded and received payment…