United States v. Armour & Co.

VAUGHT, District Judge.

The indictment in this cause charges the defendants with having knowingly and continuously engaged in a conspiracy to fix prices for the sale of hogs in the Oklahoma City livestock market, the defendants named in the indictment being two corporations and five individuals.

The government, in its brief, states: “* * * paragraphs 17 and 18 charge the crime, paragraph 17 charging defendants with a conspiracy to fix prices on hogs purchased on the Oklahoma City livestock market and paragraph 18 setting out the means adopted to effect the objective of price fixing charged in…