United States v. Cannon

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

This is a motion to dismiss an . indictment brought, under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 7 U.S.C.A. § 181 et seq., for the entry of false weights. It is similar in all important respects to the case of United States v. O’Rourke, D.C., 116 F.Supp. 857. Except for factual particulars the indictments are the same, and both motions to dismiss raise the same issues. The memorandum submitted in the O’Rourke case is in all respects applicable here. ■

There is one point involved in both cases on which a further elucidation may be in order. The indictments were brought under…