Booth v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
By section 130 of the Criminal Code of Illinois it is provided that “ whoever contracts to have or. give to himself or another the option to sell or buy, at a future time, any grain, or other commodity, stock of any railroad or other company, or gold, or forestalls the market by spreading false rumors to influence the price of commodities therein, or corners the market, or attempts to do so in relation to any of such commodities, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or confined in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both; and all contracts made…
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