Anderson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of California. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Edward Anderson and others. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of California. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Edward Anderson and others. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error. This case is a consolidation of writs of error sued out by the plaintiffs in error from the judgment against them upon a verdict of guilty under four counts of the indictment, the sufficiency of each of which to constitute a crime is challenged by the respective plaintiffs in error. If that contention be well founded, it is, of course, clear that…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The first count of the indictment was based on section 6 of the federal Penal Code (Comp. St. § 10170), which provides as follows:
“If two or more persons in any stale or territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Crain v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Frohwerk v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Blitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Waldron v. WaldronSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. MantonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
- May v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Chew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
- Brewer v. Hoxie School District No. 46Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
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