United States v. Estes

FITZHENRY, District Judge.

Defendants demur to the indictments herein, for the reason that they are vague, indefinite, uncertain, and duplicitous, as well as assigning several special causes for demurrer.

As to the first i. e., said indictment does not allege that the defendants were employed by said railroad corporations, or either of them, etc. The indictment shows with sufficient clarity that three certain railroads were corporations and common carriers, engaged in the business of transporting property and persons from Chicago, Ill., to Atlanta, Ga.; that the Pullman Company was a sleeping…