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UNITED STATES v. VIOLA

Cr. Nos. 14106-14110, 14116.

126 F.Supp. 718 (1954)

UNITED STATES of America v. William VIOLA, Augustus Vance, et al., Paul Thomas, Jr., Alfred E. Riley, et al., Sanders Sam Willis, Sr., et al., and William Viola, et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

December 2, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. McIlvaine, U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Robert A. Jarvis, Robert E. Kline, Louis C. Glasso, Pittsburgh, Pa., Paul R. McCormick, Greensburg, Pa., for defendants.

GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

Motions to dismiss the above indictments are based on the contention that the allegations are beyond the scope of the statute invoked.

The said indictments were drafted pursuant to Section 597, Title 18 U.S. C.A., which provides:

"Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and "Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any...

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