Applebaum v. United States

HUTCHESON, Circuit judge.

Charged in three counts of an indictment with violation of Sec. 91, Title 18 U.S.C.A., Criminal Code, § 39, Bribery of United States Officer, appellant was acquitted on Counts 1 and 3, and convicted on Count 2. Sentenced to a term of imprisonment and the payment of a fine, he is here urging three grounds for reversal.

The first is that the indictment should have been dismissed on his motion as too vague, indefinite and uncertain to inform the defendant of the nature and cause of the accusation against him. The point made here is that the indictment does not allege the…