United States v. Waddell
Supreme Court of the United States
ON CERTIFICATE OF DIVISION FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. Information charging a conspiracy to violate a law of the United States. .The proceedings, and the facts which make the case, are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This case arises on a criminal information filed by the District Attorney of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas in the Circuit Court for that District.
The defendants demurred to the information, and, on consideration of the demurrer, the judges of that court were divided in opinion on three questions, which they have certified to this court, as follows:
“ 1. Whether § 5508 of the Revised Statutes is a constitu-tional and valid law.
“ 2. Whether the information in said cause charged any • offence under said § 5508 of the Revised Statutes of the United States or against any…
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