United States v. Tire Center, Inc.

LEAHY, District Judge.

Defendants have demurred to the indictment, which contains 40 counts. The first 39 counts involve fifteen separate transactions involving alleged violations of 18 U.S.C.A. § 80, the Act of March 27, 1942, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 631 et seq., and the Act of January 30, 1942, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq. The first statute is directed against concealment of a material fact within the jurisdiction of a government agency. The second statute is familiarly known as the Second War Powers Act, and the third as the Emergency Price Control Act.

In substance, the indictment…