Chattanooga & Tennessee River Power Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Eastern District of Tennessee. Criminal prosecution by the United States against the Chattanooga & Tennessee River Power Company. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
The power company, plaintiff in error, was convicted of violating the act which restricts the daily .service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States to eight hours. Act August 1, 1892, c. 352, 27 Stat. 340 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2521). The power company demurred to the indictment on the ground that it shows bn its face that the work in question is not “a public work of the United States,” within the meaning of the act alluded to. The demurrer was overruled, the company found guilty and a fine imposed; and error is prosecuted.
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