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United States v. McHie

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided March 28, 1912PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Proceedings by the United States of America against Sidmon Mc-Hie and others. On petition of the Capital Investment Company for the return of certain personal property seized by federal officers in a raid on an alleged bucket .shop operated by the Capital Investment Company.

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, District Judge.

It appears that in December, 1910, petitioner was engaged in Chicago in running an alleged bucket shop, claimed by the officers of the government to be in violation of section 215 of the Criminal Code, relating to the use of the mail in car-*896tying out a scheme to defraud. Petitioner was not indicted as a defendant. On the 15th of December, 1910, George M. Scarborough, special agent of the department of justice, made a complaint before Mark A. Foote, United States commissioner, in respect to the existence of a scheme to defraud, whereupon a warrant was issued by the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. United States v. MillsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1911
  5. Brown v. KennedySupreme Court of the United States · 1873

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. State v. PetersonWyoming Supreme Court · 1920
  3. New Hampshire Fire Insurance v. ScanlonSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Schroeder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
  5. State v. McBrideSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931

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