Murray v. United States

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in error were indicted, with seven others, for the violation of sections 197 and 37 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. §§ 10367, 10201). All counts of the indictment charged all nine defendants as principals. The first five counts charged them with robbing a person having custody of the mails, and in effecting such robbery putting the life of the custodian in j'eopardy by the use of dangerous weapons. Counts 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 charged them with robbing the custodian of the mails, and count 11 with conspiracy to commit the several crimes set out in counts 1…