United States v. Kambeitz
District Court, N.D. New York
Criminal prosecution by the United States against Otto Kambeitz and another. On demurrer to indictment. The defendants demur to the indictment in this case, which charges them with a violation of section 11 of the Act of March 21, 1918 (40 Stat. 457, c. 25 [Comp. St. 1918, § 3115%k]), known as the Railroad Control Act, and also with a violation of section 47 of the Criminal Code of the United States (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1097 [Comp.
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Criminal prosecution by the United States against Otto Kambeitz and another. On demurrer to indictment. The defendants demur to the indictment in this case, which charges them with a violation of section 11 of the Act of March 21, 1918 (40 Stat. 457, c. 25 [Comp. St. 1918, § 3115%k]), known as the Railroad Control Act, and also with a violation of section 47 of the Criminal Code of the United States (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1097 [Comp. St. § 10214]), on the ground the indictment, which contains three counts, does not state facts constituting a crime or criminal offense under said…
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The New York Central Railroad Company owns and operates a railroad line extending from the city of New York, N. Y., up the Hudson river valley to Albany, N. Y., and thence westerly up the Mohawk valley to Rome, N. Y., and thence on to Buffalo, N. Y. From thence on westerly by means of contracts and agreements and leases it operates its road and cars to Chicago and has connections across the continent. This railroad company is engaged in both interstate and intrastate and also in foreign commerce, as one of its lines runs into and through Lower Canada, via Suspension…
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