Meehan v. United States

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The facts and circumstances of these two eases are practically identical; therefore, while there are separate transcripts of record, they have been briefed and submitted together on this appeal and will be disposed of in one opinion.

Appellants were indicted for perjury in violation of section 125 of the Criminal Code (18 USCA § 231), and, after separate trials *858before different juries, each was eonvieted and appeals. The perjury is alleged to have been committed during an interference proceeding before the United States Patent Office. Mansell A. Davis applied for a patent…