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MOOKINI v. UNITED STATES

No. 319.

303 U.S. 201 (1938)

58 S.Ct. 543

82 L.Ed. 748

MOOKINI ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 28, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. O.P. Soares submitted on brief for petitioners.

Mr. Bates Booth, with whom Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Solicitor General Bell, Assistant Attorney General McMahon, and Messrs. William W. Barron and W. Marvin Smith were on the brief, for the United States.

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

Petitioners were convicted in the District Court of the Territory of Hawaii of violating § 35 of the Criminal Code relating to fraudulent claims. 18 U.S.C. 80. The verdict was rendered on May 28, 1935; motions for a new trial were overruled on June 19, 1935; and petitioners were sentenced on June 29, 1935. Appeal was allowed by the District Court on September 27, 1935.

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