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UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 433.

221 U.S. 488 (1911)

31 S.Ct. 627

55 L.Ed. 823

UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney General Denison, Mr. George P. McCabe and Mr. Loring C. Christie, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. James H. Harkless, with whom Mr. Charles S. Crysler and Mr. Clifford Histed were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an indictment for delivering for shipment from Missouri to Washington, D.C., packages and bottles of medicine bearing labels that stated or implied that the contents were effective in curing cancer, the defendant well knowing that such representations were false. On motion of the defendant the District Judge quashed the indictment (177 Fed. Rep. 313), and the...

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