United States v. Hark

This appeal, prosecuted under the Criminal Appeals Act,1 presents questions touching the jurisdiction of this court and the merits of the controversy.

Appellees were indicted December 21, 1942, for sales of beef in violation of Maximum Price Regulation No. 169, as amended, issued pursuant to the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942.2 They moved to quash. The District Court rendered an opinion March 5, 1943, holding that, since the pertinent provisions of the regulation which the appellees were charged to have violated had been revoked prior to the return of the indictment, they could not be…