United States v. Kemble

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents important questions of the construction and application of the Act of July 3, 1946,1 the so-called *890Hobbs Act, which makes it a crime against the United States to engage in acts of violence designed to obstruct commerce by extortion. An indictment under Section 5 2 of the statute charged Truck Drivers and Helpers Union, Local 676, and Aaron Kemble, one of its business agents, with acts of violence against one Elwood Leonard and property in his possession, pursuant to their “plan and purpose to obstruct, delay and affect commerce and the movement of…