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POTTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 531.

155 U.S. 438 (1894)

15 S.Ct. 144

39 L.Ed. 214

POTTER, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 17, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.S.B. Hopkins and Mr. Henry D. Hyde, (with whom was Mr. William A. Sargent on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Conrad for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The only questions which we deem it material to consider are those presented by the foregoing extracts from the record. The first is, was the indictment sufficient?

It is objected that "certification," to constitute an offence within the scope of the statute, must be such an act or series of acts as creates a contract binding upon the...

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