Matter of Gregory
Supreme Court of the United States
PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality and construction of §§ 1176, 1177 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia prohibiting and punishing gift-enterprises, and the validity of a conviction thereunder, are stated in the opinion.
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PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality and construction of §§ 1176, 1177 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia prohibiting and punishing gift-enterprises, and the validity of a conviction thereunder, are stated in the opinion. Section 1177 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia does not define gift-enterprises. ■Such definition is found in the laws of the District of Columbia, 1871-73, Part II, 96, and see Re Lansburgh, 11 App. D. C. 512, and opinion in District v. Kraft, referred to in petition in this…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. By information filed in the Police Court of the District of Columbia, the petitioner was-charged with engaging “in the business of a gift-enterprise” in violation of § 1177 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia. Thereupon an agreed statement of facts was filed, by which it appeared that the petitioner, as the managing officer of The Sperry & Hutchinson Company, was conducting, within the District, its business of issuing and redeeming so-called “trading stamps” in the particular manner set forth. It was stipulated that the…
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