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BOOTH v. ILLINOIS

No. 201.

184 U.S. 425 (1902)

22 S.Ct. 425

46 L.Ed. 623

BOOTH v. ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1902.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Aldrich for plaintiff in error. Mr. Lee D. Mathias was on his brief.

Mr. Howard J. Hamlin and Mr. Elbert S. Smith for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

By section 130 of the Criminal Code of Illinois it is provided that "whoever contracts to have or give to himself or another the option to sell or buy, at a future time, any grain, or other commodity, stock of any railroad or other company, or gold, or forestalls the market by spreading false rumors to influence the price of commodities therein, or corners the market, or attempts to do so in relation to any of...

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