United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 'THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the construction of provisions-of the act of March 3,1899, in regard to the authority of the Secretary of War to require alteration of bridges over navigable waters of the United States, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
This writ of error seeks the reversal of a judgment discharging'the defendant in error here from further prosecution under an indictment which alleged a violation of the act of March 3, 1899, 30 Stat. 1151, c. 425, in-refusing to alter, as directed by the Secretary of War, a bridge across the Ohio River, connecting Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Belpre, Ohio. The case was tried to a jury, and at the close of the evidence, by direction of the court, a verdict of not guilty was returned, whereupon the judgment was entered which is under review.
The facts established by the evidence, so far as…
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