United States v. Cassidy
District Court, N.D. California
This was an indictment against John Cassidy, John Mayne, and others, under Rev. St. § 5440, for conspiracy to commit offenses against the United ■ States, namely, the offense of obstructing the mails of the United States, and the offense of combining and conspiring to restrain trade and commerce between the states of the Union and with foreign countries.
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This was an indictment against John Cassidy, John Mayne, and others, under Rev. St. § 5440, for conspiracy to commit offenses against the United ■ States, namely, the offense of obstructing the mails of the United States, and the offense of combining and conspiring to restrain trade and commerce between the states of the Union and with foreign countries. The prosecutions grew ■ out of the great Pullman strike, which occurred during June and July, 1894, and which was mainly supported and carried on through the organization known as the “American Railway Union.” The charge delivered by Judge…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, District Judge
(charging jury). Gentlemen of the Jury: I congratulate you on the approaching termination of this case. For five months you have been required to give your constant, and, I might say, exclusive, attention to the daily proceedings in this court. The trial of the case has been protracted, but I am not prepared to say that any greater time has been occupied than was necessary, under the circumstances, to secure the testimony of the 216 witnesses who have appeared before you upon the stand. The nature of the charges against the defendants now on trial, covering, as they do, the whole field of the…
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