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United States v. Johnson, 323 U.S. 273 (1944)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. Johnson, 323 U.S. 273 (1944)
United States v. Johnson No. 43 Argued November 8, 1944 Decided December 18, 1944 323 U.S. 273
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
Syllabus
1. A prosecution for using the mails for sending dentures in violation of the Federal Denture Act -- which Act contains no specific provision relative to the venue of prosecutions thereunder -- cannot be had in the district to which the dentures were sent, but only in the district from which they were sent. P. 277.
2. Such construction of the Federal Denture Act, though not required by the compulsions of Article III, § 2 of the Constitution and of the Sixth Amendment, is more consonant with the considerations of historic experience and policy which underlie those safeguard in the Constitution regarding the trial of crimes. P. 275.
3. Questions of venue in criminal cases are not merely matters of formal legal procedure; they raise deep issues of public policy in the light of which legislation must be construed. P. 276.
4. Armour Packing Co. v. United States, 209 U.S. 56, distinguished. P. 276.
53 F.Supp. 596 affirmed.
Appeal under the Criminal Appeals Act from a judgment quashing an information for violation of the Federal Denture Act.
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MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Johnson, 323 U.S. 273 (1944), in 323 U.S. 273, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BYQ2HU7HNIDA6PV.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Johnson, 323 U.S. 273 (1944). cited in 1944, 323 U.S. 273. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BYQ2HU7HNIDA6PV.
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