Merritt v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Southern District of California; Oscar. A. Trippet, Judge. Hulett C. Merritt was convicted of an offense, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
Merritt, plaintiff in error, was convicted of _ violation of the act of Congress of August 10, 1917, entitled an. act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution, of food products and fuel. 40 Stat. 276 (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, §§ 3115i/8e-3115yskk, 3115%«115%r).
The charge was that Merritt, about October IS,' 1917, did knowingly, willfully, and feloniously—
“Hoard a certain necessary, as defined in the act, * * * to wit, sugar; that is to say, that on or…
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