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UNITED STATES v. SIMPSON

No. 444.

252 U.S. 465 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 364

64 L.Ed. 665

UNITED STATES v. SIMPSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Frierson for the United States:

No appearance for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an indictment under § 5 of the Act of March 3, 1917, known as the Reed Amendment, c. 162, 39 Stat. 1069, which declares that "whoever shall . . . cause intoxicating liquors to be transported in interstate commerce, except for scientific, sacramental, medicinal, and mechanical purposes, into any State. . . the laws of which . . . prohibit the manufacture or sale therein of intoxicating liquors...

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