United States v. Altman

KNIGHT, District Judge.

Defendants have demurred to the indictment herein “upon the ground that said indietment does not state facts sufficient to constitute the crime of soliciting rebates and concessions in violation of title 49, § 41, USCA (Elkins Act [section 1, as amended by Hep-bum Act, § 2]).” Demurrers upon the same ground have been filed in several other proceedings. All of such indictments are identical, except as to immaterial matters. The indictments clearly are brought under section 41, tit. 49 USCA.' Their sufficiency under comparable allegations has been sustained in numerous…