Burchett v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia, at Big Stone Gap. George Burchett and others were convicted of conspiring to prevent a witness from attending and testifying, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
GOFF, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in error, George Burchett, Columbus Colley, Jim Sykes, and Logan Salyers, were convicted in the court below on an indictment charging violations of sections 5399, 5404, and 5406 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 3656, 3657). They were found guilty of unlawfully conspiring together to prevent, and of preventing by force, threats, and intimidation, a witness from attending and testifying in the court below.
[1] The verdict was returned on the 10th day of August, 1910, and the sentence of the court was imposed on that day.…
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