United States v. Pierce
District Court, N.D. New York
At Law. Clinton H. Pierce and others were indicted for conspiracy and violation of the Espionage Act, § 3, and they move for a bill of particulars as to counts i and 2 of an indictment for conspiracy and violation of section 3 of the so,-called Espionage Act.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
[1] 1. The counts of this indictment as to which a hill of particulars is demanded charge a continuing conspiracy to commit a crime or crimes against the United States and overt acts committed in pursuance and execution thereof. As to the times and places when and where the conspiracy was entered into, the indictment is sufficiently definite and specific — as definite and specific as safely to the rights of the United States it can be made, and, clearly, it is so definite, specific, and certain in these regards that the defendants are put on notice and cannot be harmed by…
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