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McKINLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 417.

249 U.S. 397 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 324

63 L.Ed. 668

McKINLEY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R. Douglas Feagin for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Oliver C. Hancock was on the brief.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Porter and Mr. W.C. Herron for the United States.

Memorandum opinion by direction of the court, by MR. JUSTICE DAY.

Plaintiffs in error were indicted, convicted, and sentenced upon an indictment in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia for violation of a regulation of the Secretary of War made under the authority of the Act of Congress of May 18, 1917, c. 15, § 13, 40 Stat. 76, 83. This statute provides:

"The Secretary...

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