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JOPLIN MERCANTILE CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 648.

236 U.S. 531 (1915)

35 S.Ct. 291

59 L.Ed. 705

JOPLIN MERCANTILE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul A. Ewert, with whom Mr. C.H. Montgomery was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wallace for the United States.

By leave of court, Mr. E.G. McAdams, Mr. Norman R. Haskell, Mr. C.B. Stuart, Mr. A.C. Cruce and Mr. M.K. Cruce filed a brief as amici curiae:

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

In the District Court of the United States for the Southwestern Division of the Western District of Missouri the petitioners, Joplin Mercantile Company and Joseph Filler, with others, were indicted, under § 37 of the Criminal Code (Act of March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1088, 1096), formerly § 5440, Rev. Stat.; the charge being that at Joplin, Missouri, within...

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