United States v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. The facts, which involve the construction of certain penal statutes of Alabama and their constitutionality under the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and also of the Peonage Laws of the United States, are stated in the opinion. The indictments charge an offense within the meaning of the Federal peonage act.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. The facts, which involve the construction of certain penal statutes of Alabama and their constitutionality under the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and also of the Peonage Laws of the United States, are stated in the opinion. The indictments charge an offense within the meaning of the Federal peonage act. The peonage act of March 2, 1867, Rev. Stat., §§ 1990, 5526; Criminal Code, § 269, is a valid exercise of congressional power under the Thirteenth Amendment. Bailey v. Alabama, 219 U. S. 219;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
delivered the opinion of the court..
These cases were argued and considered together, and may be disposed of in a single opinion. They come here under the Criminal Appeals Act of March 2, 1907, c. 2564, 34 Stat. 1246, as involving the construction of the statutes of the United States which have for their object the prohibition and punishment of peonage. Case No. 478, United States v. Reynolds, was decided upon demurrer and objections to a plea filed to the indictment. The case *139against Broughton, No. 479, was decided upon demurrer to the indictment. In both cases the District Court held that no…
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