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..... , the chicken parts, had any value to the retailers, or whether their price was a reasonable one. reference is made in this respect to section 302(b) of the act, defining price as "the consideration demanded or received in connection with the sale of a commodity." hence, it is concluded that the price limitation ..... is a commodity subject to the provisions of revised maximum price regulation no. 269, [ footnote 2 ] promulgated by the price administrator pursuant to section 2(a) of the emergency price control act of 1942. two informations, each containing six counts, were filed against petitioner. each count alleged that, as an integral part of a specified ..... 18, 1942, [ footnote 3 ] which regulation was in effect at the time the poultry sales in question were made. section 1429.5 of this regulation, referred to in the informations, stems from section 2(g) of the act. it is entitled "evasion," and reads as follows: "price limitations set forth in this revised maximum price regulation no. .....
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..... information was filed is a part of the "indecency" article of that law. it comes under the caption "obscene prints and articles." other sections make punishable various acts of indecency. for example, 1141(1), a section not here in issue but under the same caption, punishes the distribution of obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent or disgusting magazines. [ ..... photograph, figure or image, or any written or printed matter of an indecent character; . . ." " * * * *" "is guilty of a misdemeanor. . . ." [ footnote 3 ] ch. 380, new york laws 1884; ch. 692, new york laws 1887; ch. 925, new york laws 1941. [ footnote 4 ] connally v. general const. co., 269 u. s. 385 , 269 u. s. 391 , 269 u. s ..... prevention of cruelty to children. see 8th ann.rep., n.y.soc. for the suppression of vice (1882) p. 7; 9th id. (1883) p. 9; 10th id. (1884) p. 8; 11th id. (1885) pp. 7-8. the former organization, at least, had sought legislation covering many more types of literature and conduct. see 8th id. (1882 .....
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..... 18, instead of merely with a girl under 16. accordingly, page 327 u. s. 717 the question here is whether or not the assimilative crimes act makes this section applicable to indian reservations in arizona. the question extends not only to the definition of the offense, but also to the punishment prescribed. the arizona ..... 4 stat. 115, rape was prohibited and made punishable only within certain areas under the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the united states. in the same act, the assimilative crimes section was applied to federal enclaves. [ footnote 27 ] it thus provided the original federal prohibition of such conduct in those areas. if congress had been ..... ] or that it is "indian country" within the meaning of rev.stat. 2145. [ footnote 3 ] this means that many sections of the federal criminal code apply to the reservation, including not only the assimilative crimes act but also those making penal the offenses of rape, [ footnote 4 ] assault with intent to page 327 u. s. 714 commit .....
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..... period of time as covered by the conspiracy; charged 16 as compared with 19 overt acts in the second, and an additional object was added in the latter -- that is, intent to violate another section of the revenue act. in other words, there were two different conspiracies by virtue of these minute differences ..... is some evidence that they may be increasing. the looseness with which the charge may be proved, the almost unlimited scope of vicarious responsibility for others' acts which follows once agreement is shown, the psychological advantages of such trials for securing convictions by attributing to one proof against another -- these and other ..... in the detail of the allegations. hence, there was no double jeopardy by the second indictment. but later, in support of the conviction here, relative to the bearing of the various statutes of limitations upon proof of the acts .....
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..... same qualifications as are requisite for jurors by the laws of the which they are citizens, to serve in the highest courts of law of such state. . . ." section 29, act of september 24, 1789, 1 stat. 73, 88. similarly, the present law reads: "jurors to serve in the courts of the united states, in each state ..... in the thiel case: "the american tradition of trial by jury, considered in connection with either criminal or civil proceedings, necessarily contemplates an impartial jury drawn from a cross-section of the community. . . . this does not mean, of course, that every jury must contain representatives of all the economic, social, religious, racial, political, and ..... footnote 5 ]" none of the specific exemptions [ footnote 6 ] which it has created is along the lines of sex. these provisions reflect a design to make the jury "a cross-section of the community," and truly representative of it. glasser v. united states, 315 u. s. 60 , 315 u. s. 86 . in california, as in most states, [ .....
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..... the case is distinguishable both on the statutes applied and on the facts. in order that comparison may be exact, we set forth the applicable wording of the two sections. section 215 of the criminal code, involved in the kann case, is as follows: "whoever, having devised . . . any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for ..... shortly, that the offense takes color and character from the other offenses with which it is associated in the context of 3. broadly, therefore the government says that the section, as amended, excludes forged securities from interstate transportation just as it does stolen goods, [ footnote 8 ] money or securities, counterfeited securities and counterfeiting tools, or, ..... cong., 2d sess., 2. see also the animal industry act of 1884, 23 stat. 31; the act for the suppression of lottery traffic of 1895, 28 stat. 963; the pure food and drug act of 1906, 34 stat. 768; the white slave traffic act of 1910, 36 stat. 825; the webb-kenyon act of 1913, 37 stat. 699. [ footnote 10 ] .....
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..... that the late filing does not unduly delay the proceedings. guaranty trust co. v. henwood, 86 f.2d 347, 353." [ footnote 7 ] section 64(a) of the bankruptcy act determines the priority to which taxes owing a state are entitled and grants the bankruptcy court power to determine questions concerning "the amount or legality of ..... by the inclusion of a forbidden penalty. and thus. to that extent. does not meet the bankruptcy requirements for proof and allowance of claims. section 57(j) of the bankruptcy act provides that debts owing a state as a "penalty or forfeiture" [ footnote 10 ] shall not be allowed. what claims accruing before bankruptcy and ..... claims of private parties, but with those of public agencies, as well. section 77(b) defines "creditors" as "all holders of claims of whatever character against the debtor or its property, whether or not such claims would otherwise constitute provable claims under this act." and "claims" are defined to include "debts, whether liquidated or .....
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..... training period. held: 1. such a trainee is not an "employee" within the meaning of 3(e) of the fair labor standards act. pp. 330 u. s. 152 -153. 2. section 14, which authorizes the wage and hour administrator to permit the employment of learners and apprentices at less than the minimum wage prescribed by the ..... implication that all instructors must either get a permit or pay minimum wages to all learners; the section only relates to learners who are in "employment." and the meaning of that term is found in other sections of the act. section 3(g) of the act defines "employ" as including "to suffer or permit to work," and 3(e) defines ..... work for an employer for compensation. this is shown by 14 of the act, which empowers the administrator to grant special certificates for the employment of learners, apprentices, and handicapped persons at less than the general minimum wage. * the language of this section and its legislative history reveal its purpose. many persons suffer from such physical .....
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..... within the narrow margins which the statute alone defines. one who neither engages in the conduct specifically prohibited nor aids and abets it does not violate the section which prohibits it. the sufficiency of the evidence as to count two, which charged that the petitioner had custody or possession of the still, is a closer ..... 26 u.s.c. 2803 -- an offense which the circuit court of appeals has found the evidence insufficient to prove. nor was there any testimony that the petitioner acted in any other capacity calculated to facilitate the custody or possession, such as, for illustration, service as a caretaker, watchman, lookout, or in some other similar capacity ..... operate the still; but there was no evidence showing that he ever exercised any control over the still, aided in the exercise of any such control, or acted as a caretaker, watchman, lookout, or in any similar capacity calculated to facilitate its custody or possession. held: the government's concession that the evidence was .....
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..... labor disputes except under conditions not here relevant. the question before a court of equity, therefore, is whether a case presents a labor dispute as defined by the act. section 13(c) defines "labor disputes": "the term 'labor dispute' includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment . . . regardless of whether or not the ..... b) becoming or remaining a member of any labor organization or of any employer organization, regardless of any such undertaking or promise as is described in section 3 of this act;" "(c) paying or giving to, or withholding from, any person participating or interested in such labor dispute, any strike or unemployment benefits or insurance, ..... , at the same time, or as an alternative, to assess damages and costs for the benefit of the plaintiff. . . ." hendryx v. fitzpatrick, 19 f. 810, 813 (1884). examples of this procedure appear in union tool co. v. wilson, 259 u. s. 107 (1922); matter of christensen engineering co., 194 u. s. 458 (1904); wilson .....
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