Badders v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality of § 215, Criminal Code, and ...the validity of a conviction and sentence thereunder, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality of § 215, Criminal Code, and ...the validity of a conviction and sentence thereunder, are stated in the opinion. Mr. James H. Harkless, with whom Mr. D. R. Hite and Mr. Clifford Histed were on the brief, for plaintiff in.error: Section 215 of the Criminal Code as applied to the indictment, trial and conviction of the defendant, is unconstitutional and void. As interpreted by the trial court, § 215 encounters that provision^ the Constitution which…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This case is brought to this court from the District Court under § 238 of the Judicial Code, Act qf March 3,' 1911,- c. 231; 36 Stat. 1087, 1167, on the ground that it involves the construction and application of the Constitution of the United States, The plaintiff in error was indicted for placing letters in the mail for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud devised by him, in violation of § 215 of the Criminal Code, Act of March 4,1909, c. 321; 35 Stat. 1088, 1130. There were twelve counts, on seven of which, each relating to a different letter, he was found guilty. He was sentenced…
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