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UNITED STATES v. MASON

No. 642.

213 U.S. 115 (1909)

29 S.Ct. 480

53 L.Ed. 725

UNITED STATES v. MASON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 5, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Fowler, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John M. Waldron, with whom Mr. Reese McCloskey and Mr. N.W. Dixon were on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a criminal prosecution under § 5508 and 5509 of the Revised Statutes. The substantial provisions of each of those sections were reproduced from the act of May 31st, 1870, c. 114, passed for the purpose of enforcing the right of citizens to vote in the several States, and for other purposes.

Those sections are as follows: "§ 5508. If two or more...

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