United States v. Swift
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Criminal prosecution- by the United States against %’oms F. Swift and others. On motions to quash and pleas to. the indictment,' and •motion to, strike pleas from files.
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Criminal prosecution- by the United States against %’oms F. Swift and others. On motions to quash and pleas to. the indictment,' and •motion to, strike pleas from files. The indictment in this case charges a combination in restraint of trade and commerce among the several states, and contains five counts. ' The first, second; and fifth counts charge the engaging by the defendants in the combination therein described “during the ten years next preceding the finding and presentation of this indictment, * * * and therefore continuously and at all times during the three years, next preceding the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The broad question before the court for decision is the same, whether raised by tlie motions to quash or by the pleas in abatement ; and inasmuch as the government's motion to strike the pleas in abatement from the files involves certain technical questions of criminal procedure, I shall dispose first of the motions to quash.
Stripped of all unesseniials, the case is this: In 1904 all of the defendants gave information and evidence (whether under compulsion or not is immaterial, so far as the present investigation is concerned) to the Commissioner of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Brown v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by42 opinions
- United States v. Leonard PatrickCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- In Re LavineCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- People v. NunnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- Short v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
- In Re AbramsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
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