Legal Opinion

United States v. McGuire

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 10, 1933No. 327PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChase, Circuit Judge

(after stating the facts as above).

The basis of the demurrer is that the tickets which the government alleged the defendant caused Finn to receive were tickets “which had theretofore been transported” in interstate commerce, and that they did not themselves purport to be lottery tickets as the indictment with its facsimile was claimed to show on its face.

The statute (18 USCA § 387) on which the first count was drawn only applies in so far as this appeal is concerned to tickets “purporting to be or to represent a tieket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery,…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. United States v. CarllSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  2. United States v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Hammer v. DagenhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
  4. Evans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Lottery CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
  2. Winebrenner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
  3. United States v. American Medical Ass'nDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1939
  4. Culp v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
  5. United States v. SorceyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945

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