United States ex rel. Mayer v. Glass

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

These eleven citizens of Pennsylvania were named with twelve citizens of other states as defendants in three inter-related indictments found in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio charging conspiracies to violate the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA). In proceedings instituted by the government for their removal to the Ohio district for trial, they were held and committed by a United States Commissioner for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Thereupon each defendant petitioned the District Court for the…