Legal Opinion

Welsh v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 2, 1920No. 215PublishedCited by 15 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Criminal prosecution by the United States' against Thomas Welsh. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

WARD, Circuit Judge.

The defendant Welsh was convicted of violating section 3, subd. (c), of the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917 (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 3115%b[c]). The indictment contained two counts, the first charging him with willfully attempting to bring into the United States from a foreign country, to wit, England, a certain tangible form of communication, to wit, a certain letter, and the second count charging him with willfully bringing in the same letter. April 5, 1918, the case was tried and the defendant convicted upon both counts and sentenced…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Nalle v. OysterSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Moline Plow Co. v. WebbSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Board of Comm'rs of City and County of Denver v. Home Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Jennings v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. United States v. WelshDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1917

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. United States v. KirschenblattCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
  2. Garske v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
  3. Anderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
  4. Peru v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  5. Harris v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945

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