Legal Opinion
Wiggains v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1914No. 3888Published
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, Judge. James P. Wiggains was convicted of having in his possession an obligation or other security after the similitude of an obligation or other security issued under the authority of the United States with intent to sell or otherwise use the same,, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
James Wiggains,' the plaintiff in error, was indicted and convicted in the District Court for violating the provisions of section 150 of the Penal Code of the United States, which enacted that:
“Whoever shall have in his possession or custody, except under authority from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, any obligation or other security made or executed, in whole or in part, after the similitude of any obligation or other security issued under the authority of the United States, with intent to sell or otherwise use the same * * * shall be fined,” etc.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. KuhlDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1898
- United States v. SpragueDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1882
- United States v. WilliamsDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1882
- United States v. BarrettDistrict Court, D. North Dakota · 1901