However, searching through the Statutes at Large is cumbersome because its contents are organized by their date of passage, rather than topic area.

[1] In 1874, Congress published the Revised Statutes of the United States, codifying all federal law as of December 1873.

[1] On May 5, 1911, the defendant used his position as President of the Southern Hardware Supply Company in Mobile County, Alabama, to defraud the New York City-based firm Hollingshead and Campbell.

[2] Under the Criminal Appeals Act of 1907, the United States government could petition the Supreme Court for a writ of error whenever any lower federal court issued a decision that prevented "a judgement of conviction for insufficiency of the indictment, where such decision is based upon the invalidity or construction of the statute upon which the indictment is founded.

"[3] In a unanimous decision written by Associate Justice Joseph McKenna, the Supreme Court agreed with Solicitor General John W. Davis that the District Court erred in claiming that an indictment for mail fraud would have required Hollingshead and Campbell to use the false statements mailed by Young in their negotiations with other firms.