Tinsley v. Treat

In May, 1906, the grand jury in the United States Circuit Court for the Middle District of Tennessee returned an indictment against thirty corporations, two partnerships, and twenty-five persons, as defendants. This indictment contained six counts. Generally speaking, the first, second, fourth and fifth charged the defendants with violating section 1 of the act of Congress approved July 2, 1890, entitled “An -act to protect trade and commercé against unlawful restraints and monopolies;” and the third and sixth counts charged them under section 5440 of the Revised Statutes. In July, 1906, the…