United States v. Remington

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Remington, was a federal prohibition agent assigned to work under the agent in charge of the Albany offiee of the Prohibition Bureau. In January, 1932, ho participated with other agents in taiding a speak-easy belonging to one Bastian, who testified that six days later ho gave Remington $200 and the latter promised to “lay off.” The money which Bastian had for this purpose had been previously examined by government agents, who made a list of the numbers of the bills. Almost immediately after the alleged bribe was given, these same agents examined money in…