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HAMMER v. UNITED STATES

No. 317.

271 U.S. 620 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 603

70 L.Ed. 1118

HAMMER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert H. Elder, with whom Mr. Otho S. Bowling was on the brief, for petitioner.

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

MR. JUTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was indicted on three counts in the Southern District of New York. A verdict of not guilty as to the first and third was directed by the court. The jury found him guilty on the second; and the court sentenced him to the penitentiary for a year and ten months. The judgment was affirmed on appeal. 6 F.2d 786.

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