United States v. Ormsbee
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
This was an indictment against William W. Ormsbee for violating certain rules and regulations prescribed by tbe secretary of war in relation to canals and similar works owned and operated by tbe United States.
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This was an indictment against William W. Ormsbee for violating certain rules and regulations prescribed by tbe secretary of war in relation to canals and similar works owned and operated by tbe United States. The offense charged in the indictment is that the defendant knowingly and willfully violated “the rules and regulations prescribed by the secretary of war of the said United States for the use, administration, and navigation of any or all canals and similar works of navigation owned, operated, or maintained by the United States, entitled ‘United States regulations for the navigation and…
1Opinion of the CourtSeaman, District Judge
(after stating tbe facts as above). In support of tbe motion to quash tbe indictment tbe contention is that the regulations of tbe secretary of war, of which violation is alleged, depend for their validity upon section 4 of tbe act of August 17, 1894; that there is no exercise of tbe will or discretion of congress ■in the- act, no prohibition of distinct acts or course of conduct, but ■that it expressly delegates to tbe secretary of war all of tbe law making contemplated bjr. tbe act, and simply prescribes in advance •the punishment for offenses which may be so established; that an offense…
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