United States v. Minkoff

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was tried in the District Court for the Southern District of New York on an indictment in one count charging him, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 88, with conspiring with Anthony Barracato, two fictitious persons called John Doe and Richard Doé, as to which there was a severance before trial, and divers unknown persons to endeavor to obstruct or impede the due administration of justice. See 18 U.S.C.A. § 241. It was alleged that the unlawful agreement was to have Barracato undergo an abdominal operation while he was being tried with twenty-one other defendants…