United States v. Hastings

delivered this opinion of the Court.

Defendant was indicted in the District Court of the United States for violation of the United States Warehouse Act. 7 U. S. C. 270. The indictment contained three counts, each charging the “ removal and stealing ” of a numbered bale of cotton from a licensed warehouse contrary to the statute and regulations. A demurrer was sustained and the Government brings this appeal under the Criminal Appeals Act. 18 U. S. C. 682.

The penal provision of the statute, so far as pertinent here, is as follows:

“ Every person who shall . . . remove from a licensed warehouse…