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United States v. Shirey, 359 U.S. 255 (1959)
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United States v. Shirey, 359 U.S. 255 (1959)
United States v. Shirey No. 72 Argued January 19, 1959 Decided April 20, 1959 359 U.S. 255
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Alleging that he had offered to a Congressman to donate $1,000 a year to the Republican Party if the Congressman would use his influence to procure for him a certain postmastership, an information was filed in a Federal District Court charging appellee with a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 214, which provides that,
Whoever . . . offers or promises any money or thing of value, to any person, firm or corporation in consideration of the use or promise to use any influence to procure any appointive office or place under the United States for any person
shall be fined or imprisoned, or both.
Held: the information states facts sufficient to constitute an offense under the statute, since the word "person" is broad enough to include the Republican Party, and the legislative history of the statute shows that it was intended to cover cases such as that alleged. Pp. 255-262.
168 F.Supp. 382 reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Shirey, 359 U.S. 255 (1959) in 359 U.S. 255 Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4BQTPLNR23PYBDI.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Shirey, 359 U.S. 255 (1959), in 359 U.S. 255, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4BQTPLNR23PYBDI.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Shirey, 359 U.S. 255 (1959). cited in 1959, 359 U.S. 255. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4BQTPLNR23PYBDI.
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