United States v. Pile

The defendant below, who is the defendant here, was tried in the Circuit Court of the United States for the/Middle District of Tennessee upon an indictment charging him with falsely mating and forging an affidavit of John Frugge and others in relation to a claim for a pension. The jury by their verdict found him guilty. '. His counsel then entered a motion in arrest of judgment upon the alleged insufficiency of- the indictment, which motion was overruled -by the court. Thereupon the defendant moved for a new trial, which was. refused, and judgment rendered, sentencing the defendant to be…