United States v. Rompel

See 327 U.S. 814, 66 S.Ct. 526.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas.

Mr. Samuel O. Clark, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Messrs. Harry C. Weeks, of Fort Worth, Tex., and J. Paul Jackson, of Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Mr. Palmer Hutcheson, of Houston, Tex., for the State of Texas, as amicus curiae, by special leave of court.

Mr. Chief Justice STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.