(DOWNLOAD) "Williams v. United States." by United States Court Of Appeals Fifth Circuit. * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Williams v. United States.
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
- Release Date : January 10, 1950
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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This appeal from a conviction and sentences to penitentiary imprisonment and fine under Criminal Code, Sec. 19, 18 U.S.C.A. § 51, 1926 Ed. [now § 241], for conspiracy to deprive of rights secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States, presents novel, interesting and important questions. Those principally argued are: Does the indictment charge a crime? Does Section 19 as here applied afford legislative due process in defining the crime? Did the charge of the court rightly present the essentials of the crime in refusing to charge that "wilfulness" was an essential? Was a former acquittal of substantive offenses involving the same transactions an adjudication that the acts there charged were not done or counselled, aided or abetted by appellants? Was there error in refusing a mistrial because of newspaper publications during the trial? Was due process denied by the institution of an oppressive prosecution for perjury in the former trial, which intimidated appellants from testifying in this trial? Motions for acquittal were also made by each appellant and overruled.