How come back in john dillinger's time a murder case nor a bank rob wasn't considered breaking the law?

Question

but driving a stolen car across the country was?

Answer 1

It certainly was against the law. Elliot Ness was a famous G-Man (FBI) that brought down Al Capone. Same era, same crimes.n It has been illegal to rob banks and murder people since the wild, wild west, and before that. Where would you get a idea like that is beyond me.

Answer 2

Your information is faulty.  Those were and have been crimes for hundreds of years, way before Dillinger.

Answer 3

wrong.

Murder and bank robbery were crimes but not federal crimes until the FDIC law was passed and we started having Federally licensed banks.

Prior to then,The only Federal crime was in crossing a state line for criminal or immoral purposes, misusing the mails, etc.

A state could, and often did, fry you for murder even back, then under State laws..

Answer 4

I don't know where you get the idea that murder or bank robbery wasn't a crime but I assure you that both have always been crimes and they have always been against the law.

Answer 5

They were.. It's that simple.

Answer 6

They have always been crimes.  In fact, they were crimes long before John Dillinger.  Remember Jesse James?