Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...howls of aggrieved lobbyists had already begun a serenade in Washington. Whether there had been some leak or whether they knew that tariff cuts were due them, the industries affected began to squeal. Lumbermen protested that they were being "sold down the river," dairymen that it would be a crime to spoil their "scientific" tariff. Cattlemen, Maine men (potatoes), maple syrup men joined in the chorus...
...nine members of the Court leaned forward fascinated. Seldom does the high court have the opportunity of studying a crime of violence. The late Jeff Bowers, hardware clerk, found four years ago mysteriously shot in a Washington store, provided such a case. For if Jeff Bowers committed suicide, that was all there was to it; but if he was killed in the line of duty, Widow Bonnie Bowers had a legal claim for compensation. From Mrs. Bowers' lawyer the Justices learned that there were no recognizable fingerprints on the gun and presumably Jeff Bowers could not have wiped them...
That theft should be punished by a state, Mr. Beck heartily agreed, but that a theft could become a Federal crime because the object stolen had been in possession of a Federal licensee, he vigorously denied. Thereupon Fred Hastings, Jed Earner and Bale No. 407784 were forgotten. For the question of the Federal Government's licensing powers-on which rest AAA's marketing agreements, the Potato Control Act and many another New Deal project-had been raised. The debate was taken out of the hands of Mr. Beck and his opponent, Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan...
...Would it be a Federal crime," asked one, "to steal a cow from a licensed stockyard...
...Aren't you contending that the Government could make it a Federal crime to steal a bale of cotton off a farmer's wagon, because the cotton will eventually go into interstate commerce?" demanded Justice McReynolds...