United States v. Patten
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts', which involve the jurisdiction of this court under the Criminal Appeals Act of March 2, 1907, and whether a corner in cotton constitutes an illegal combination under the Sherman Anti-trust Act, are stated in the opinion. The seventh count of the indictment charged that the defendants conspired to run a “corner” in cotton.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The facts', which involve the jurisdiction of this court under the Criminal Appeals Act of March 2, 1907, and whether a corner in cotton constitutes an illegal combination under the Sherman Anti-trust Act, are stated in the opinion. The seventh count of the indictment charged that the defendants conspired to run a “corner” in cotton. In construing the indictment the lower court held that the corner charged was an illegal combination, saying: “Corners are illegal. . They are combinations contrary to public…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a. criminal. prosecution -under the Anti-trust .Act of July 2, 1890, 26 Stat. 209, c. 647, the indictment being in eight counts. In the Circuit Court demurrers to the third, fourth, seventh and eighth counts were sustained and those counts dismissed, 187 Fed. Rep. 664, whereupon the Government sued out this writ of error under the Criminal Appeals Act of March 2, 1907, 34 Stat. 1246, c. 2564. The case has been twice orally argued.
At the second argument the Government expressly abandoned the third and fourth counts and challenged only the ruling-upon counts seven and-eight. Thus, the *535pr…
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