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UNITED STATES v. BRITTON

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108 U.S. 199 (1883)

2 S.Ct. 531

27 L.Ed. 698

UNITED STATES, v. BRITTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 2, 1883.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Maury for the United States.

Mr. J.B. Henderson, Mr. Geo. H. Shields and Mr. Chester H. Krum for the defendants.

MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court.

The offence charged in the counts of this indictment is a conspiracy. This offence does not consist of both the conspiracy and the acts done to effect the object of the conspiracy, but of the conspiracy alone. The provision of the statute, that there must be an act done to effect the object of the conspiracy, merely affords a locus penitentiœ, so that before...

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