United States v. Cohn

Cohn, the-defendant in error, was indicted in the District Court for a violation of § 35 of the Penal Code, as amended by the Act of October 23, 1918, c. 194, 40 Stat. 1015. This entire-section is set forth in the margin.

The indictment was dismissed, on demurrer, upon the ground that the statute did not mate the matters charged a crime agairist the United States. This writ of error was then allowed by the District Judge under the provision of the Criminal Appeals Act, 3 permitting the United States a direct writ of error from a judgment sustaining a demurrer to an indictment, based upon the…