Stay up-to-date with how the law affects your life. Although the surveillance in this case may have been so nar-rowly circumscribed that it could constitutionally have been . 219, 80 Am.St.Rep. United States, 277 U. S. 438, and Goldman v. United States, 316 U. S. 129, is no longer controlling. Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383. See Pavesich v. New England Life Ins. U.S. 616 His case was dismissed at the district court in Utah for "lack of standing.". We think it the better rule that where a witness does not use his notes or memoranda in court, a party has no absolute right to have them produced and to inspect them. Ex parte Jackson, 96 U.S. 727, 24 L.Ed. In Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942), the Supreme Court applied the . 386; Cooley, Constitutional Limitations, 8th Ed., vol. Mr. Justice JACKSON took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases. Law Library, - But the search of one's home or office no longer requires physical entry, for science has brought forth far more effective devices for the invasion of a person's privacy than the direct and obvious methods of oppression which were detested by our forebears and which inspired the Fourth Amendment. 51-2. The benefits that accrue from this and other articles of the Bill of Rights are characteristic of democratic rule. Boyd v. United States, 116 U. S. 616, 116 U. S. 630. The petitioners contend that a communication falls within the protection of the statute once a speaker has uttered words with the intent that they constitute a transmission of a telephone conversation. We cherish and uphold them as necessary and salutary checks on the authority of government. Words spoken in a room in the presence of another into a telephone receiver do not constitute a communication by wire within the meaning of the section. We think it the better rule that where a witness does not use his notes or memoranda in court, a party has no absolute right to have them produced and to inspect them. U.S. 129, 140] invasions of privacy, unless they are authorized by a warrant issued in the manner and form prescribed by the Amendment or otherwise conducted under adequate safeguards defined by statute, are at one with the evils which have heretofore been held to be within the Fourth Amendment and equally call for remedial action. "LL File No. 1. Judicial decisions, - On the subject of the general warrant see Entick v. Carrington, 19 How.St.Tr. With the passing of the years since 1787, marked changes have ensued in the ways of conducting business and personal affairs. 52(b)(5). See Pavesich v. New England Life Ins. 605. Numerous conferences were had and the necessary papers drawn and steps taken. Where, as here, they are not only the witness' notes, but are also part of the Government's files, a large discretion must be allowed the trial judge. 7. U.S. 129, 138] We hold there was no error in denying the inspection of the witnesses' memoranda. . 564, 568, 72 L.Ed. 8, 2251, 2264; 31 Yale L.J. .had been surreptitiously placed: against an office wall in order to hear conversations in the next office, Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129, 62 S.Ct. This word indicates the taking or seizure by the way or before arrival at the destined place. 6 Silverman v. United States, 365 U.S. 505 (1961) (spike mike pushed through a party wall until it hit a heating duct). III, pp. The Olmstead case limits the search and seizure clause to 'an official search and seizure of his (defendant's) person or such a seizure of his papers or his tangible material effects, or an actual physical invasion of his house 'or curtilage' for the purpose of making a seizure.' Periodical. 544, 551, 19 Ann.Cas. SHULMAN v. SAME. Whatever may be said of a wire-tapping device that permits an outside telephone conversation to be overheard, it can hardly be doubted that the application of a detectaphone to the walls of a home or a private office constitutes a direct invasion of the privacy of the occupant, and a search of his private quarters. b (5), 11 U.S.C.A. Mr. Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court. We cherish and uphold them as necessary and salutary checks on the authority of government. Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) 14 Illinois v. Caballes, 543 U.S. 405 (2005) 25 Johnson v. United . 877. 1a-12a) is reported at 222 F.3d 1123. 55; Holloman v. Life Ins. 944, 66 A.L.R. No. Right of privacy, - Get free summaries of new US Supreme Court opinions delivered to your inbox! If an article link referred you here, please consider editing it to point directly to the intended page. It suffices to say that we adhere to the opinion there expressed. U.S. 129, 137] The circumstance that petitioners were obviously guilty of gross fraud is immaterial. The next afternoon, one of the agents returned to the adjoining room with two others and a stenographer. They are among the amenities that distinguish a free society from one in which the rights and comforts of the individual are wholly subordinated to the interests of the state. 6 The next afternoon, one of the agents returned to the adjoining room with two others and a stenographer. 255 88, 18 U.S.C.A. 285, 46 L.R.A. 69, 70. GOLDMAN v. UNITED STATES (two cases). [Footnote 2/1] It compensates him for trespass on his property or against his person. , 46 S.Ct. ] 11 U.S.C. Cf. 3. Their homes were not entered. Hoffman said he would agree, but he went at once to the referee and disclosed the scheme. See Wigmore, Evidence, 3d Ed., vol. They had with them another device, a detectaphone having a receiver so delicate as, when placed against the partition wall, to pick up sound waves originating in Shulman's office, and means for amplifying and hearing them. Cf. We are unwilling to hold that the discretion was abused in this case. Syllabus. 561; Bazemore v. Savannah Hospital, 171 Ga. 257, 155 S.E. SHULMAN v. SAME. A preliminary hearing was had and the motion was denied. Criminal procedure, - [316 Where, as here, they are not only the witness' notes but are also part of the Government's files, a large discretion must be allowed the trial judge. U.S. 438 One of them, Martin Goldman, approached Hoffman, the attorney representing an assignee for the benefit of creditors, with the proposition that the assignee sell the assets in bulk for an ostensible price which would net the creditors a certain dividend, but in fact at a secret greater price, and that Hoffman and the petitioners should divide the difference between them. The circumstance that petitioners were obviously guilty of gross fraud is immaterial. Whether the search of private quarters is accomplished by placing on the outer walls of the sanctum a detectaphone that transmits to the outside listener the intimate details of a private conversation, or by new methods of photography that penetrate walls or overcome distances, the privacy of the citizen is equally invaded by agents of the Government and intimate personal matters are laid bare to view. 524, 29 L.Ed. It will be conceded that, if the language of the Amendment were given only a literal construction, it might not fit the case now presented for review. 69, 70. Rights intended to protect all must be extended to all, lest they so fall into desuetude in the course of denying them to the worst of men as to afford no aid to the best of men in time of need. It is urged that where, as in the present case, one talks in his own office, and intends his conversation to be confined within the four walls of the room, he does not intend his voice shall go beyond those walls, and it is not to be assumed he takes the risk of someone's use of a delicate detector in the next room. Its great purpose was to protect the citizen against oppressive tactics. 341. was to create interest in the case of United States v. Goldman, see note 16, infra, at the time when the Supreme Court was about to consider a motion for a rehearing of the accused's petition for certiorari. On the other hand, the relation between the trespass and the use of the detectaphone was that of antecedent and consequent. We hold that what was heard by the use of the detectaphone was not made illegal by trespass or unlawful entry. App. Argued February 6, 1942. Letters deposited in the Post Office are. The error of the stultifying construction there adopted is best shown by the results to which it leads. 364, 34 L.R.A.,N.S., 1137, 135 Am.St.Rep. [Footnote 2/5] Surely the spirit motivating the framers of that Amendment would abhor these new devices no less. 1030, and May, Constitutional History of England (2d ed. 261, and United States v. Lefkowitz, Grau v. United States, 287 U.S. 124, 128, 53 S.Ct. Lawyers and legal services, - 116 877. Footnote 4 officials could well believe that activities of the character here involved did not contravene the Constitutional mandate. 96 P. 316 U. S. 132. ] See generally Brandeis and Warren, 'The Right to Privacy', 4 Harv.L. 116 Success was frustrated only by the refusal of a creditor to release for the offered percentage of his claim. We think, however, the distinction is too nice for practical application of the Constitutional guarantee and no reasonable or logical distinction can be drawn between what federal agents did in the present case and state officers did in the Olmstead case. 673, 699; 32 Col.L.Rev. 'The bankruptcy court refused to revoke the stay and Shulman again approached Hoffman stating that, if he agreed to the proposed arrangement, the bankruptcy petition could be dismissed and the plan consummated. Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) 46 Griffin v. . Names Roberts, Owen Josephus (Judge) Supreme Court of the United States (Author) Created / Published 1941 Headings - Law - Witnesses - Law Library - Supreme Court - United States - Government Documents - Judicial review and appeals - Bankruptcy - Lawyers and legal services the overhearing was subject to the fourth amendment with no need to reconsider Goldman or earlier cases; that reconsideration occurred in katz v. united states (1967 . 11 U.S.C. Roberts, Owen Josephus, and Supreme Court Of The United States. We hold that what was heard by the use of the detectaphone was not made illegal by trespass or unlawful entry. 1, p. 625. No other brief in this case applies the traditional Fourth Amendment b(5). 313 194; Kunz v. Allen, 102 Kan. 883, 172 P. 532, L.R.A.1918D, 1151; Foster-Milburn v. Chinn, 134 Ky. 424, 120 S.W. We hold that what was heard by the use of the detectaphone was not made illegal by trespass or unlawful entry. The petitioners were lawyers. 993, 86 L.Ed. [Footnote 2/7], On the basis of the narrow, literal construction of the search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment adopted in Olmstead v. United States, 277 U. S. 438, [Footnote 2/8] Government. 51 (1761) and Gray's appendix to Quincy's Reports. Goldstein v. United States, 316 U.S. 114, 125 (1942) (dissenting opinion). U.S. 438 Document in "China, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turkey." Periodical. 116 Section 3 embodies the following definition: [Footnote 5], "(a) 'Wire communication' or 'communication by wire' means the transmission of writing, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds of all kinds by aid of wire, cable, or other like connection between the points of origin and reception of such transmission, including all instrumentalities, facilities, apparatus, and services (among other things, the receipt, forwarding, and delivery of communications) incidental to such transmission. Detectaphone, - Communications, - This we are unwilling to do. Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) Goldman v. United States No. It is strange doctrine that keeps inviolate the most mundane observations entrusted to the permanence of paper but allows the revelation of thoughts uttered within the sanctity of private quarters, thoughts perhaps too intimate to be set down even in a secret diary, or indeed, utterances about which the common law drew the cloak of privilegethe most confidential revelations between husband and wife, client and lawyer, patient and physician, and penitent and spiritual adviser. Footnote 1 U.S. Reports: Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129. 564, 72 L.Ed. 'The bankruptcy court refused to revoke the stay and Shulman again approached Hoffman stating that, if he agreed to the proposed arrangement, the bankruptcy petition could be dismissed and the plan consummated. 524, 29 L.Ed. --- Decided: April 27, 1942 The petitioners and another were indicted for conspiracy [1] to violate 29, sub. [316 Its benefits are illusory indeed if they are denied to persons who may have been convicted with evidence gathered by the very means which the Amendment forbids. Written and curated by real attorneys at Quimbee. The benefits that accrue from this and other articles of the Bill of Rights are characteristic of democratic rule. On the value of the right to privacy, as dear as any to free men, little can or need be added to what was said in Entick v. Carrington, 19 How.St.Tr. 775. 52, sub. Footnote 7 The opinion of the court of appeals (Pet. And, while a search warrant, with its procedural safeguards has generally been regarded as prerequisite to the reasonableness of a search in those areas of essential privacy, such as the home, to which the Fourth Amendment applies (see Agnello v. United States, Act of June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. It prohibits the publication against his will 944, 66 A.L.R. argued the cause for the United States. 8, 2251, 2264; 31 Yale L.J. 285 Full title: GOLDMAN v . 341, 58 L.Ed. Ms Chief Justice Jane Doe delivers the opinion. Includes bibliographical references. Weeks v. United States, As respects it, the trespass might be said to be continuing and, if the apparatus had been used it might, with reason, be claimed that the continuing trespass was the concomitant of its use. See Wigmore, Evidence, 3d Ed., vol. MR. JUSTICE JACKSON took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases. Co. of Virginia, 192 S.C. 454, 7 S.E.2d 169, 127 A.L.R. 1a-42a) is reported at 615 F.3d 544. 68, 69 L.R.A. We hold that the use of the detectaphone by Government agents was not a violation of the Fourth Amendment. Letters deposited in the Post Office are 544, 551, 54 L.Ed. --- Decided: April 27, 1942. The lettres de cachet are discussed in Chassaigne, Les Lettres de Cachet sous L'ancien Regime (Paris, 1903). [Periodical] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/usrep316129/. Cf. [ Once arrested the American Civil Liberties Union offered to defend him and challenge the validity of the evacuation program. [Footnote 2/4], There was no physical entry in this case. [Footnote 2/9] Whatever may be said of a wiretapping device that permits an outside telephone conversation to be overheard, it can hardly be doubted that the application of a detectaphone to the walls of a home or a private office constitutes a direct invasion of the privacy of the occupant, and a search of his private quarters. 277 U.S. 438, 466, 48 S.Ct. 1942] 272 WASHINGTON AND LEE LAW REVIEW [Vol. It also appears that the Government agents overheard Shulman's end of some outside telephone conversations. But even if Olmstead's case is to stand, it does not govern the present case. Their homes were not entered. The ruling in that case therefore also adversely disposes of all the relevant constitutional questions in this. It is strange doctrine that keeps inviolate the most mundane observations entrusted to the permanence of paper but allows the revelation of thoughts uttered within the sanctity of private quarters, thoughts perhaps too intimate to be set down even in a secret diary, or indeed, utterances about which the common law drew the cloak of privilege-the most confidential revelations between husband and wife, client and lawyer, patient and physician, and penitent and spiritual adviser. And, while a search warrant, with its procedural safeguards has generally been regarded as prerequisite to the reasonableness of a search in those areas of essential privacy, such as the home, to which the Fourth Amendment applies (see Agnello v. United States, 269 U.S. 20, 32, 46 S.Ct. That case was the subject of prolonged consideration by this court. 269 22-138 in the supreme court of the united states _____ billy raymond counterman, petitioner, v. the people of the state of colorado, respondent. Article 1, Section 12 of the New York Constitution (1938 ). , 52 S.Ct. Its protecting arm extends to all alike, worthy and unworthy, without distinction. Supreme Court, - The Olmstead case limits the search and seizure clause to, "an official search and seizure of his [defendant's] person or such a seizure of his papers or his tangible material effects, or an actual physical invasion of his house 'or curtilage' for the purpose of making a seizure.". See also Tudor, James Otis, p. 66, and John Adams, Works, vol. The lettres de cachet are discussed in Chassaigne, Les Lettres de Cachet sous L'ancien Regime (Paris, 1903). 261, 65 L.Ed. The trial judge ruled that the papers need not be exhibited by the witnesses. https://www.loc.gov/item/usrep316129/. U.S. Reports: U. S. ex rel. Also available on microfilm (Law Library Microfilm 84/10004). On the value of the right to privacy, as dear as any to free men, little can or need be added to what was said in Entick v. Carrington, 19 How.St.Tr. The error of the stultifying construction there adopted is best shown by the results to which it leads. 775, I am not prepared to say that this purpose necessarily makes all detectaphone 'searches' unreasonable, no matter what the circumstances, or the procedural safeguards employed. 8 As respects it, the trespass might be said to be continuing and, if the apparatus had been used, it might, with reason, be claimed that the continuing trespass was the concomitant. Footnote 7 Coy v. United States., 316 U.S. 342 (1942). 277 8, 2184b, pp. Goldstein v. United States. If the method and habits of the people in 1787 with respect to the conduct of their private business had been what they are today, is it possible to think that the framers of the Bill of Rights would have been No. 285 376,8 Government officials could well believe that activities of the character here involved did not contravene the Constitutional mandate. 277 Its protecting arm extends to all alike, worthy and unworthy, without distinction. Such, invasions of privacy, unless they are authorized by a warrant issued in the manner and form prescribed by the Amendment or otherwise conducted under adequate safeguards defined by statute, are at one with the evils which have heretofore been held to be within the Fourth Amendment and equally call for remedial action. In numerous ways, the law protects the individual against unwarranted intrusions by others into his private affairs. Rights intended to protect all must be extended to all, lest they so fall into desuetude in the course of denying them to the worst of men as to afford no aid to the best of men in time of need. 97, 24 L.R.A., N. S., 991, 136 Am.St.Rep. Co., 122 Ga. 190, 50 S.E. 51-2. , 6 S.Ct. [ 88, 18 U.S.C.A. At a time when the nation is called upon to give freely of life and treasure to defend and preserve the institutions of democracy and freedom, we should not permit any of the essentials of freedom to lose vitality through legal interpretations that are restrictive and inadequate for the period in which we live. Suffice it to say that the spiritual freedom of the individual depends in no small measure upon the preservation of that right. 647; Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States, 282 U.S. 344, 51 S.Ct. 282 Insistence on its retention does not mean that a person has anything to conceal, but means rather that the choice should be his as to what he wishes to reveal, saving only to the Government the right to seek out crime under a procedure with suitable safeguards for the protection of individual rights, such as the warrant whose requisites are set forth in the Fourth Amendment. 231. This was for the purpose of overhearing a conference with Hoffman set for the following afternoon. Physical entry may be wholly immaterial. With the passing of the years since 1787 marked changes have ensued in the ways of conducting business and personal affairs. Nor can I see any rational basis for denying to the modern means of communication the same protection that is extended by the Amendment to the sealed letter in the mails. Before the trial Shulman learned the facts and made a motion, in which the other petitioners joined, to suppress the evidence thus obtained. Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) (the use of a detectaphone by the police to eavesdrop on conversations through the wall of an adjoining office without trespassing on private property does not violate the Fourth Amendment. Decided December 18, 1967. Decided April 27, 1942. 376. We are unwilling to hold that the discretion was abused in this case. 1030, Boyd v. United States, 116 U. S. 616, and Justice Brandeis' memorable dissent in Olmstead v. United States, 277 U. S. 438, 277 U. S. 471. 1076; Flake v. Greensboro News Co., 212 N.C. 780, 195 S.E. But for my part, I think that the Olmstead case was wrong. U.S. 344 Case missing case number; United States Supreme . Law, - 3 Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Cf. Contributor Names White, Edward Douglass (Judge) Supreme Court of the United States (Author) Created / Published 1917 Subject Headings - Law - Law Library - Supreme Court - United States - Government Documents - Judicial review and appeals - Evidence - Criminal code - Jurisdiction b (5) of the Bankruptcy Act [2] by receiving, or attempting to obtain, money for acting, or forbearing to act, in a bankruptcy proceeding. on writ of certiorari to the colorado court of appeals, division ii brief of southwestern law student elena cordonean, and professors norman m. garland U.S. 452 We think, however, the distinction is too nice for practical application of the Constitutional guarantee, and no reasonable or logical distinction can be drawn between what federal agents did in the present case and state officers did in the Olmstead case. App. Marron v. United States, 275 U.S. 192, 48 S.Ct. Many transactions of a business or personal character that in the eighteenth century were conducted at home are now carried on in business offices away from the home. Citing Primary Sources. Goldman v. United States Shulman Argued: Feb. 5, 6, 1942. The error of the stultifying construction there adopted is best shown by the results to which it leads. 605 is the message itself throughout the course of its transmission by the instrumentality or agency of transmission. an assignee for the benefit of creditors, with the proposition that the assignee sell the assets in bulk for an ostensible price which would net the creditors a certain dividend, but in fact at a secret greater price, and that Hoffman and the petitioners should divide the difference between them. ] It also appears that the Government agents overheard Shulman's end of some outside telephone conversations. 1084. 1941. [316 Nothing now can be profitably added to what was there said. On the other hand, the relation between the trespass and the use of the detectaphone was that of antecedent and consequent. , 40 S.Ct. b(5) of the Bankruptcy Act2 by receiving, or attempting to obtain, money for acting, or forbearing to act, in a bankruptcy proceeding. The views of the court, and Marron v. United States, U.S. 129, 136] But as they have declined to do so, and as we think this case is indistinguishable in principle from Olmstead's, we have no occasion to repeat here the dissenting views in that case, with which we agree. Footnote 1 On the basis of the narrow, literal construction of the search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment adopted in Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 48 S.Ct. It was not the intention of petitioners to project their conversations beyond the walls of petitioner Shulman's private office. But, for my part, I think that the Olmstead case was wrong. the agents overheard, and the stenographer transcribed, portions of conversations between Hoffman, Shulman, and Martin Goldman on several occasions, and also heard what Shulman said when talking over the telephone from his office. Those devices were the general warrants, the writs of assistance and the lettres de cachet. They provide a standard of official conduct which the courts must enforce. Fourth Amendment, - Words spoken in a room in the presence of another into a telephone receiver do not constitute a communication by wire within the meaning of the section. Mr. Jacob W. Friedman, of New York City for petitioners Goldman. See also Tudor, James Otis, p. 66, and John Adams, Works, vol. Cf. 1. [ U.S. 452 U.S. 438, 471 TermsPrivacyDisclaimerCookiesDo Not Sell My Information, Begin typing to search, use arrow keys to navigate, use enter to select, Stay up-to-date with FindLaw's newsletter for legal professionals. [ But it has not been the rule or practice of this Court to permit the scope and operation of broad principles ordained by the Constitution to be restricted, by a literal reading of its provisions, to those evils and phenomena that were contemporary with its framing. The same view of the scope of the Act follows from the natural meaning of the term "intercept." 78-18, 1971 Term . Both courts below have found that the trespass did not aid materially in the use of the detectaphone. U.S. 616, 630 U.S. 385 Mr. Charles Fahy, Sol. tant of its use. 261; Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States, BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES . Telecommunications, - The petitioners were not physically searched. It is urged that where, as in the present case, one talks in his own office, and intends his conversation to be confined within the four walls of the room, he does not intend his voice shall go beyond those walls and it is not to be assumed he takes the risk of someone's use of a delicate detector in the next room. No. As has rightly been held, this word indicates the taking or seizure by the way or before arrival at the destined place. 376. U.S. 129, 133] Papers taken from an office in the course of an unreasonable search are taken in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Mr. Jacob W. Friedman, of New York City for petitioners Goldman. ), vol. It is our duty to see that this historic provision receives a construction sufficiently liberal and elastic to make it serve the needs and manners of each succeeding generation. It compensates him for trespass on his property or against his person. Cf. [ Act of June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. Officers conducting an unreasonable search are seeking evidence as such; the form it takes is of no concern to them. Cf. Co., 122 Ga. 190, 50 S.E. The conditions of modern life have greatly expanded the range and character of those activities which require protection from intrusive action by Government officials if men and women are to enjoy the full benefit of that privacy which the Fourth Amendment was intended to provide. The validity of the contention must be tested by the terms of the Act fairly construed. The petitioners contend that the trespass committed in Shulman's office when the listening apparatus was there installed, and what was learned as the result of that trespass, was of some assistance on the following day in locating the receiver of the detectaphone in the adjoining office and this connection between the trespass and the listening resulted in a violation of the Fourth Amendment. Article 1, Section 12 of the New York Constitution (1938). Nothing now can be profitably added to what was there said. [Footnote 3] The facts are fully stated in the opinion below, and we shall advert only to those essential to an understanding of the questions open in this court. For an account of the writs of assistance see Paxton's Cafe, 1761, 1 Quincy, Mass., 51 and Gray's appendix to Quincy's Reports. U.S. 129, 141] Supreme Court of the United States (Author), - But the Fourth Amendment puts a restraint on the arm of the Government itself and prevents it from invading the sanctity of a man's home or his private quarters in a chase for a suspect except under safeguards calculated to prevent oppression and abuse of authority. With this Divulgence of a person's telephone conversation, overheard as it was spoken into the telephone receiver, does not violate 605 of the Federal Communications Act, as in such case there is neither a "communication" nor an "interception" within the meaning of the Act. 5 518, 522; Chafee, Progress of the Law, 1919-1922, 35 Harv.L.Rev. protected from examination by federal statute,7 but it could not rightly be claimed that the office carbon of such letter, or indeed the letter itself before it has left the office of the sender, comes within the protection of the statute. Defendants challenged the decision. 1368. Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover Hsia, Tao-Tai - Law Library of Congress (U.S.). Goldman v. United States Shulman Argued: Feb. 5, 6, 1942. U.S. Reports: Goldman v. United States, 245 U.S. 474 (1918). 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