United States v. Anderson

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

On December 8, 1936, forty-one persons, including the thirty-four appellants, were indicted by a United States Grand Jury in the Southern Division of the Southern District of Illinois. There were two separate indictments against all the defendants. The first indictment, hereinafter referred to as the mail indictment, charged a conspiracy under section 37 of the -Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 88, 1 to violate section 201 of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 324. 2

The second indictment hereinafter referred to as the antitrust indictment, charged the violation of section 1 of…