United States v. Union Manufacturing Co.

Citations

• 240 U.S. 605
• 36 S. Ct. 420
• 60 L. Ed. 822
• 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1488

Syllabus

<p>The' offense of false billing and representations specified in the third paragraph of § 10 of the Act to Regulate Commerce as amended June 18, 1910, o. 309, 36 Stat. 549, applies to consignees as well as to consignors of interstate shipments; and where, as in this case, false representations are made by the consignee in liquidation of the amount payable for freight at destination, the offense is wholly or in part committed at that place and the District Court of that district has jurisdiction of an indictment charging the offense to have been' therein committed by the consignee.</p> <p>The offense under the Act of June 18, 1910, is not analogous to that of obtaining money under false pretenses, but may be committed where the interstate transportation has already been completed and the amount due therefor remains to be adjusted, and with the same effect as though the false representations had preceded the delivery of the goods to the carrier for interstate shipment.</p>