United States v. Waltham Watch Co.

RIFKIND, District Judge.

Defendants in each of the above-entitled actions have demurred to an indictment charging them with having engaged in an unlawful combination and conspiracy in restraint of interstate trade and commerce in violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1. Some of the defendants have also moved to quash the indictments. One defendant in- each action is the manufacturer of watches and watch products and the others are officers of such manufacturer, accredited distributors of watches and watch products, and officers of such distributors. Except for differences as to names,…