United States v. Thompson
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Criminal prosecution by the United States against E. D. Thompson. On demurrer to information.
1Opinion of the Court
TRIEBER, District Judge.
The issue in this cause, raised by demurrer to an information filed by the United States attorney, charging the defendant with a violation of the Migratory Bird Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stab. 755, c. 128, U. S. Comp. St. 1918, p. 1795), entitled: “An act to give effect to the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded at Washington, August 16, 1916, and for other purposés” (the treaty referred to will be found in 39 Stat. 1702), is whether the act is constitutional.' This, of course, involves the power make…
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