Hastings v. Murchie
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States fortfie District of Massachusetts; James M. Morton, Judge. Habeas corpus by Walter O. Hastings against Guy Murchie, U. S. Marshal. From a decree dismissing the petition, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Walter O. Hastings, was indicted in the District Court for the District of New Jersey, at the November term, 1913, for knowingly and willfully soliciting, accepting, and receiving from the Erie Railroad Company a concession with respect to the transportation of certain merchandise in interstate commerce, whereby said merchandise was transported at a lower rate than the rate, and charges lawfully applicable to sáid shipment as published, filed, and posted by said railroad' company-, and in violation of the federal statute commonly known as the Elkins Act,…
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