Case Name: MERCHANTS' & MINERS' TRANSP. CO. v. UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1912-04-02
Citations: 199 F. 902
Docket Number: No. 2,215
Parties: MERCHANTS’ & MINERS’ TRANSP. CO. v. UNITED STATES.
Judges: Before PARDEE, Circuit Judge, and MAXEY, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 199
Pages: 902–904

Head Matter:
MERCHANTS’ & MINERS’ TRANSP. CO. v. UNITED STATES.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 2, 1912.
On Petition for Rehearing, May 16, 1912.)
No. 2,215.
1. Carriers (§ 38 ) — Interstate Commerce — Prosecution for Granting Rebates — Defenses.
Where it was shown that defendant, a transportation company, which had joined with railroad carriers in establishing and filing with the Interstate Commerce Commission a joint through rate on grain from Philadelphia to Jacksonville, Fla., via Savannah, charged and collected less than such rate from certain shippers on grain billed from Philadelphia, defendant eould not show, as a defense to a prosecution for allowing a rebate, under Elkins Act Feb. 19, 1903, c. 708, § 1, 32 Stat. 847 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1310), that the rate filed was not intended to apply to shipments originating at certain points further west, when no other or different rate was provided on shipments from such points.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Carriers, Cent. Dig. §§ 96, 97; Dee. Dig. § 38
What constitutes an unlawful preference or discrimination by a carrier under interstate commerce regulations, see note to Gamble-Robinson Commission Co. v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co., 94 C. C. A. 230.]
2. Jury (§ 82*) — Jury List — Revision.
An order of a federal trial judge directing the jury commissioners to place in the jury box a certain number of names from the different counties comprising the district, while not expressly authorized by statute, was not so irregular or erroneous that prejudice to a party can be predicated thereon.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Jury, Cent. Dig. §§ 282, 307-309, 331, 332, 34S, 359, 367, 380; Dec. Dig. § 82.*]
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia.
Prosecution by the United States against the Merchants’ & Miners’ Transportation Company. Erom a judgment of conviction, defendant brings error.
Affirmed.
Samuel B. Adams and A. Pratt Adams, both of Savannah, Gai, for plaintiff in error.
Alexander Akerman, of Macon, Ga., and W. M. Toomer, of Jacksonville, Ela., for the United States.
Before PARDEE, Circuit Judge, and MAXEY, District Judge.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes
For otter cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexe*

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We find no reversible error in the rulings of the court below and the judgment of the court is therefore affirmed.