United States v. Bordonaro

HAZEL, District Judge.

[1] The demurrer, jointly interposed by defendants, challenges the validity of the indictment mainly on the ground that ope Murrin, chairman of the local exemption hoard, division 1, of Olean; to whom $500 was given by defendants to reclassify John Marino, by removing him from class 1, A to- class 5, E, as a resident alien, was not an officer of the United States; the contention being that he was in fact an officer of the state of New York under the Selective Draft Act (Act May 18, 1917, c. 15, 40 Stat. 76') and the rules and regulations promulgated for carrying it out,…