United States v. Dietrich
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska
Indictment for conspiracy under section 5440 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3676], returned into the District Court November 16, 1903, and remitted to the Circuit Court under section 1038 [U. S. Comp.
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Indictment for conspiracy under section 5440 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3676], returned into the District Court November 16, 1903, and remitted to the Circuit Court under section 1038 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 723]. The offense charged, as set forth in the indictment, is: “That Charles H. Dietrich and Jacob Fisher, late of the said district of Nebraska, within said judicial circuit, heretofore, to wit, on the twentieth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, at the city of Hastings, Adams county, within the district and state of…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Devanter, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This indictment is predicated upon section 5440 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3676], which, as amended by the act of May 17, 1879, c. 8, 21 Stat. 4 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3676], provides.
“If two or more persons conspire either to commit an offense against the United States or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy all the parties to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars, or to…
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