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United States v. Sacks, 257 U.S. 37 (1921)
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United States v. Sacks, 257 U.S. 37 (1921)
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United States v. Sacks No. 48 Argued October 20, 1921 Decided November 7, 1921 257 U.S. 37
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Syllabus
1. Under the Act of September 24, 1917, amended September 24, 1918, cc. 56, 176, 40 Stat. 291, 966, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow money and to issue therefor at such price or prices and upon such terms and conditions as he might determine, war savings certificates in amounts of not more than $100 to any one person at any one time, and of which no one person at any one time should hold more than $1,000, and further providing that the Secretary might issue stamps, under such regulations and upon such terms and conditions as he might prescribe, to evidence payments for or on account of the certificates, the Secretary was empowered to issue nontransferable certificates valid only when bearing one or more such stamps and when endorsed with the name of its owner. Pp. 39, 41.
2. War savings certificates and war savings certificate stamps, issued pursuant to the act and the regulations, are obligations of the United States within the meaning of §§ 148 and 151 of the Criminal Code. P. 40.
3. One who tears war savings certificate stamps from a war savings certificate issued to another, with intent to use them apart from the certificate bearing the purchaser’s name, alters the obligation with intent to defraud (the United States) in the sense of Criminal Code § 148, since the purposes of the Act of September 24, 1917, supra, and the conditions provided to insure them, will thus be fraudulently defeated. P. 42.
4. Possession of part of such certificate and attached stamps, with intent to defraud the United States as above, is a violation of Criminal Code § 151. P. 42.
Reversed.
Writ of error under the Criminal Appeals Act to review a judgment quashing an indictment. See post, 42.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Sacks, 257 U.S. 37 (1921) in 257 U.S. 37 257 U.S. 38. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CW88UA42K837BCR.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Sacks, 257 U.S. 37 (1921), in 257 U.S. 37, page 257 U.S. 38. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CW88UA42K837BCR.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Sacks, 257 U.S. 37 (1921). cited in 1921, 257 U.S. 37, pp.257 U.S. 38. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CW88UA42K837BCR.
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