Legal Opinion
United States v. Conrad
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of West Virginia
Decided January 11, 1894PublishedCited by 11 opinions
A t Law. Indictment against Paul Conrad and others ior violation of Bev. St. § 3894, as amended by the act of September 19, 1890. Heard on demurrer to indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
The defendants are charged with violating the provisions of section 3894 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the act of congress approved September 19, 1890, (26 Stat. 465, c. 908,) called the “Anti-Lottery Act,” which reads as follows:
"No letter, postal card or circular concerning any lottery, so-called gift concert or other similar enterprise, offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or concerning schemes devised Cor the purpose of obtaining money or property under false pretenses, and no list of the drawings at any lottery or similar scheme,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- United States v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- In Re PalliserSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- In Re RapierSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Horner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- Rinker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- United States v. StrewlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
- United States v. RossCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. HowardDistrict Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1904
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