Legal Opinion

France v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 4, 1897No. 495PublishedCited by 59 opinions

ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham

The plaintiffs in error were indicted for and convicted of the offence of conspiracy, under section 5440 of the Revised Statutes. They were charged in the indictment with conspiring to violate the act of Congress, passed March 2, 1895, c. 191, for the suppression of lottery traffic through national and interstate commerce, etc. 28 Stat. 963.

The section of the Revised Statutes and the first section of the act, above referred to, are set forth in the margin. 1 The indictment contains six counts, charging overt acts on the part of plaintiffs in error, to have been committed in Hamilton County,…

2Cited by59 opinions

  1. Carlisle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
  4. Kelly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
  5. Hugh Bryson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956

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