C. A. Weed & Co. v. Lockwood
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Bill in equity filed by C. A. Weed & Co. against Stephen T. Dock-wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, defendant, to restrain and enjoin the defendant from taking any further proceedings upon and subsequent to the indictment against the plaintiff pending in the District Court, and from bringing the plaintiff to trial under said indictment, and to restrain…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Bill in equity filed by C. A. Weed & Co. against Stephen T. Dock-wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, defendant, to restrain and enjoin the defendant from taking any further proceedings upon and subsequent to the indictment against the plaintiff pending in the District Court, and from bringing the plaintiff to trial under said indictment, and to restrain the defendant from instituting any further prosecution under the act of Congress of August 10, 1917, as amended by the act…
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The grand jury for the Western district of New York returned an indictment against the appellant on the 9th day of March, 1920, charging the appellant, in 20 counts, with a violation of the act of Congress as amended on October 22, 1919, commonly referred to as the Bever Act. This bill in equity has been filed seeking to restrain the United States attorney for the Western district of New York from proceeding in the criminal action. A motion was made for an injunction restraining the United States attorney pending final hearing. The government opposed the application and…
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