Joplin Mercantile Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. Criminal prosecution by the United States against the Joplin Mercantile Company and Joseph Filler. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
An indictment was returned for conspiracy under section 37 of the Penal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1096 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1600]) charging that the Joplin Mercantile Company, a corporation existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Missouri, and one Joseph Filler, and one Ben Due, and one Martin F. Witte, and other persons to the grand jury unknown, hereinafter called the defendants, then and there being, did then and there unlawfully, willfully, knowingly, and feloniously conspire together to commit an offense against the United…
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