United States v. Sloan

WYCHE, District Judge.

The defendant in this case was charged with having violated Section 19 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1938, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 721-728 note, in the particulars set forth in an information heretofore duly filed against him. Upon the call of the case for trial he demurred ro the information upon the ground that it states an offense not triable on information; (1) Because the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, U.S.C.A., protects him from being called upon to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime except on presentment or…