United States v. Bradford
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Indictment for Conspiracy to Defraud. On February 26, 1904, the grand jury found and returned into court an indictment against James L. Bradford, William H. Wright, George Baldey, and Francis Lowry, Jr. The indictment contained three counts.
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Indictment for Conspiracy to Defraud. On February 26, 1904, the grand jury found and returned into court an indictment against James L. Bradford, William H. Wright, George Baldey, and Francis Lowry, Jr. The indictment contained three counts. The first count charges, among other things, that the four defendants, “on the ninth day of August, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and two, in the Eastern District of Louisiana, * * * did unlawfully, knowingly, willfully, and feloniously conspire, combine, and confederate and agree together and among themselves to defraud the United States of certain…
1Opinion of the CourtPARIyANGE, District Judge
(after stating the facts). In my opinion, the only important questions raised on behalf of the defendants and reserved by their bills of exception are; (A) Is this criminal action barred by the statute of limitations ? (B) Does the indictment set out and the proof show that the conspiracy was for the purpose of defrauding the United States, within the intendment of Rev. St. § 5440 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3676] ? (C) Was the government required to make affirma-*417live proof beyond a reasonable doubt of the actual knowledge of defendants with regard to the facts in the successions, as averred in…
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