United States v. Jacopetti

ST. SURE, District Judge.

Indictment under section 23 of the Act of June 29,1906 (34 Stat. 603 [Comp. St. § 4379]) The demurrer to the indictment sets up the following :(1) Failure to charge an offense against the laws of the United States.(2) Misjoinder of three sets of alleged offenses, set forth in six counts.(3) That section 24 of the Act of June 29, 1906 (Comp. St. § 4380), purporting to fix the time within which offenses sought to be charged in the indictment shall be prosecuted, is unconstitutional, as permitting the charging of infamous crimes by information, in violation of the Fifth…