United States ex rel. Farnham v. Robinson

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The relator is charged with an offense under chapter '26 of the act of April 18, 1884, 23 Stat. 11, 1 Supp. Rev. St. 425 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3679], the averment being that he impersonated an officer of the secret service, with intent ta defraud a hotel keeper in the city of Lancaster, in this district. He was arrested at Syracuse, in the state of New York, and was brought before a United States commissioner, who heard the: *1017testimony, and committed him to the jail of Cayuga county, in default of bail. A day or two afterwards he was brought before Judge…