Abbott Bros. Co. v. United States
| Citation | 242 F. 751 |
| Decision Date | 10 April 1917 |
| Docket Number | 2437. |
| Parties | ABBOTT BROS. CO. v. UNITED STATES. |
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (7th Circuit) |
Norman K. Anderson, of Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff in error.
Charles F. Clyne and Frederick Dickinson, both of Chicago, Ill., for the United States.
Before KOHLSAAT, ALSCHULER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
The contention of the plaintiff in error that the information charging it with having violated the Pure Food and Drugs Act, bearing the signature of the district attorney for the Northern district of Illinois, and attached to which information and made a part of it were four affidavits sworn to before notaries public, is insufficient to support a judgment because of the insufficiency of the acknowledgment, must be rejected. Weeks v. United States, 216 F. 292, 132 C.C.A. 436, L.R.A. 1915B, 651; United States v. Adams Express Co. (D.C.) 230 F. 531.
No warrant for arrest having been sought, the information signed by the United States district attorney was sufficient, without any verification and without any supporting affidavits. It was unnecessary for the district attorney, who signed the information in his official character, to assert in the body of that document that he informed the court upon his oath as a government official of the facts therein set forth. It will be presumed he acted on his oath as an officer of the government.
Nor do we think the plaintiff in error is in a position to raise this question for the first time in this court. Defects such as are here complained of are in any event waived, if not raised by suitable objection before trial. People v. Murphy, 56 Mich. 546, 23 N.W. 215; Bryan v. State, 41 Fla. 643, 26 So. 1022; State v. Osborn, 54 Kan. 473, 38 P. 572; State v. Brown, 181 Mo. 192, 79 S.W. 1111; Johnson v. State, 53 Neb. 103, 73 N.W. 463; State v. Pancoast, 5 N.D. 516, 67 N.W. 1052, 35 L.R.A. 518; Hammond v. State, 3 Wash. 171, 28 P. 334. See, also, on waiver of informalities, Garland v. State of Washington, 232 U.S. 642, 34 Sup.Ct. 456, 58 L.Ed. 772.
Judgment is affirmed.
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