Morgan v. United States

LEE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Samuel R. Morgan, was convicted along with two others, Riley Johnson and John D. Warner, 1 under a bill of information charging defendants with selling ice in Lake Charles, Louisiana, during the period from May 25 to July 7, 1944, at prices higher than the maximum established therefor by maximum price regulation No. 154, promulgated pursuant to the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 901 et seq., by the Office of Price Administration. The ceiling price was thus fixed at the highest price at which the seller sold and delivered ice during…