James v. Bowman
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. In December, 1900, an indictment;was found by the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky against the appellee, Henry Bowman, and one Harry Weaver, based upon section 5507 of the Kevised Statutes of the United States.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. In December, 1900, an indictment;was found by the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky against the appellee, Henry Bowman, and one Harry Weaver, based upon section 5507 of the Kevised Statutes of the United States. The indictment charged in substance that certain “ men of African ■descent, colored men, negroes, and not white men,” being citizens of Kentucky and of the United .States, were, by means of bribery; unlawfully and feloniously intimidated and prevented from exercising their…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The single question presented for our consideration is whether section 55'OY can be upheld as a valid enactment, for if not, the indictment must also fall, and the defendant Was rightfully discharged. On its face the.section purports to bean exercise of the power granted to Congress by the Fifteenth Amendment, for it declares a punishment upon any one who by means of bribery prevents another to whom the right of suffrage is guaranteed by such amendment' from exercising that right; But that amendment relates solely to action “ by the United States or by any State,” and does not contemplate…
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