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Title: James v. Bowman
Author : Supreme Court of the United States
Release Date : January 04, 1903
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 60 KB

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not, the indictment must also fall, and the defendant was rightfully discharged. On its face the section purports to be an exercise of the power granted to Congress by the Fifteenth Amendment, for it declares a punishment upon any one who by means of bribery prevents another to whom the right of suffrage is guaranteed by such amendment from exercising that right. But that amendment relates solely to action "by the United States or by any State," and does not contemplate wrongful individual acts. It is in this respect similar to the following clauses in the Fourteenth Amendment: