United States v. Walker

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

The defendant has moved to dismiss this indictment charging him with violation of Section 222, Title 7, U.S.C.A., the Packers and Stockyards Act, in that he caused a named individual to make false scale tickets in weighing hogs. It is the defendant’s contention that the indictment is fatally defective because it does not (and could not) allege that a full and fair hearing was had, upon notice, by the Secretary of Agriculture, with an entry and subsequent disobedience, of a cease and desist order by the Secretary. The defendant also contends that the allegation that the…