United States v. Simpson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. The case is stated in the opinion. This case is ruled by United States v. Hill, 248 U. S. 420. The judgment in the present case rests solely upon the idea that, in order to be transportation in interstate commerce, transportation must be by common carrier.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. The case is stated in the opinion. This case is ruled by United States v. Hill, 248 U. S. 420. The judgment in the present case rests solely upon the idea that, in order to be transportation in interstate commerce, transportation must be by common carrier. But transportation, in order to constitute interstate commerce, need not be by common carrier, and may be. transportation by the owner of the goods. Railroad Company v. Husen, 95 U. S. 465, 469-70; Kirmeyer v. Kansas, 236 U. S. 568, 572; Kelley v. Rhoads, 188 U.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanteb
This is an indictment under § 5 of the Act of March 3, 1917, known as the Reed Amendment, c. 162, 39 Stat. 1069, which declares that “ whoever shall . . . cause intoxicating liquors to be transported in interstate commerce, except for scientific, sacramental, medicinal, and mechanical purposes, into any State . . . the laws of which . . . prohibit the manufacture or sale therein of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes shall be punished,” etc.; and the question for decision is whether the statute was applicable where the liquor — five quarts of whiskey — was transported by its owner in…
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