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UNITED STATES v. WURZBACH

No. 66.

280 U.S. 396 (1930)

50 S.Ct. 167

74 L.Ed. 508

UNITED STATES v. WURZBACH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Seth W. Richardson, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Attorney General Mitchell, Solicitor General Hughes and Messrs. Oscar R. Luhring, Assistant Attorney General, Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Harry S. Ridgely were on the briefs, for the United States.

Mr. Hugh R. Robertson for the appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The respondent was indicted under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925; Act of February 28, 1925, c. 368, § 312, 43 Stat. 1053, 1073; U.S. Code, Title 18, § 208; on charges that being a representative in Congress he received and was concerned in receiving specified sums of money from named officers and employees of the United States for the political purpose of promoting his nomination as Republican...

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