Griffith v. Connecticut
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. Upon a prosecution originating in the Police Court óf the city of Hartford, in Hartford County, Connecticut, the plaintiff in error was tried and convicted in the Superior Court of the county upon an information alleging, in six counts, the commission of offenses against chapter 238 of the Public Acts of Connecticut of 1907. The offenses charged were the exacting on certain loans of money a rate of interest…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. Upon a prosecution originating in the Police Court óf the city of Hartford, in Hartford County, Connecticut, the plaintiff in error was tried and convicted in the Superior Court of the county upon an information alleging, in six counts, the commission of offenses against chapter 238 of the Public Acts of Connecticut of 1907. The offenses charged were the exacting on certain loans of money a rate of interest greater than fifteen per cent per annum, contrary to the provisions of the first section of the act, and in accepting…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The motion to dismiss or affirm is in effect based upon the claim'that the assignments of error present no substantial Federal question. As the contentions urged required for their elucidation a consideration of the provisions of the statute charged to have been violated, we excerpt the first and second sections of the act. They are as follows:
“Sec". 1.. No person, firm, or-corporation, or any agent thereof , other than a national bank or a bank or trust company duly incorporated under the laws of this State, ox* a pawnbroker as provided in chapter 235 of the Public Acts of 1905, shall…
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