Speak v. United States

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Paul Speak, was charged, together with Blaine L. Evans, in an information with selling and offering for sale automobiles in excess of the ceiling price, as fixed by Maximum Price Regulation 540, as amended. He was found guilty and has appealed from the verdict and judgment of the court. The information, omitting Paragraph 1, which is not material to the issues presented herein, is as follows:

“(Selling automobile above ceiling price in violation of Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 [50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 901 et seq.], and Stabilization Act of 1942, as…