Matters v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the 'District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; F. A. Youmans, Judge. Criminal, prosecution by the United States against Thomas H. Matters. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
Matters was convicted and sentenced upon an indictment which in 20 counts charged him with violating *737section 5209, Rev. St. (Comp. St. 1916, § 9772). The indictment was attacked by motion to quash and by demurrer. The ruling of the trial court in sustaining the indictment is assigned as error, but counsel have not seriously pressed the assignment, further than to draw our attention to what seems to counsel a misconception on the part of the trial court of the essential elements of the crime denounced by the statute. We have, examined the indictment and have no doubt of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Lowdon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1906
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