Cochran

An indictment was found in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, Northern Division, against Robt. T. Cochran & Co., a Nevada corpora *92 tion, and three of its officers, including the appellants.

The defendants were charged with violating the Produce Agency Act, § 1 (7 USCA § 491), the material provisions of which are as follows: “ * * * any person, firm, as-

sociation, or corporation receiving any fruits « *• * interstate commerce * * * for or on behalf of another, * * * who shall knowingly and with intent to defraud fail truly and correctly to account therefor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine,” etc.

In a removal proceeding before the United States commissioner for the Northern District of California, the appellants were ordered removed from that district to the aforesaid district in the state of Washington. The order of the United States commissioner was supplemented by an order of the court below. The appellants filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied, and the appellants were ordered removed to the district in the state of Washington, as aforesaid. From those orders the…