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DIST. OF COLUMBIA v. CLAWANS

No. 103.

300 U.S. 617 (1937)

57 S.Ct. 660

81 L.Ed. 843

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CLAWANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued March 1, 1937.

Decided April 5, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Raymond Sparks, with whom Messrs. Elwood Seal and Vernon E. West were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Seth W. Richardson, with whom Mr. Allen Caruthers and Miss Lillian Clawans were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent was convicted in the District of Columbia police court of engaging, without a license, in the business of a dealer in second-hand personal property, to-wit, the unused portions of railway excursion tickets, in violation of § 7, par. 39, of the Act of Congress, approved July 1, 1902, 32 Stat. 622, c. 1352, as amended by the Act of July 1, 1932, 47 Stat....

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