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THORNTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 255.

271 U.S. 414 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 585

70 L.Ed. 1013

THORNTON ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lee W. Branch, with whom Messrs. E.K. Wilcox, John W. Bennett, and Omer W. Franklin were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Gardner P. Lloyd, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes here by certiorari from the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit. 267 U.S. 589. The judgment is one of conviction of the petitioners under an indictment found in the District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, charging the petitioners and sixteen others with the crime of conspiracy under § 37 of the Criminal Code to commit the...

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