United States v. Abelow

BYERS, District Judge.

The defendant is charged, in an indictment containing two counts, with committing perjury, and has filed a demurrer.

The basis of the charge is that on September 28, 1934, in this district, he signed and swore to an affidavit, before a competent notary public, which affidavit he knew to be false in two particulars:(a) That the export to Bolivia of 15 machine guns manufactured by Colts Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, had been authorized by the State Department of the United States Government.(b) That a copy of the export bill of lading or…