Edgington v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. At the Marcli term, 1895, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa, Avihgton A. Edgington was tried and found guilty of the crime of making a false deposition on April 13, 1894, in aid of a fraudulent pension claim on behalf of his mother, Jennie M. Edgington, claiming to be the widow of Francis M. Edgington.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. At the Marcli term, 1895, in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa, Avihgton A. Edgington was tried and found guilty of the crime of making a false deposition on April 13, 1894, in aid of a fraudulent pension claim on behalf of his mother, Jennie M. Edgington, claiming to be the widow of Francis M. Edgington. The indictment was based on. section 5438 of the Devised Statutes of the United States, and it was claimed on behalf of the defendant that that section had been…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
Section 5438 of the Revised Statutes makes it penal to make or cause to be made, for the purpose of obtaining or aiding to obtain payment or approval of any claim against the United States, any. false deposition, knowing the same to contain any fraudulent or fictitious statement; and such offence is made punishable by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than one nor more than five years, or by fine of not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars. The statute which was carried, into this section of the Revised Statutes was enacted March 2, 1863. 12 Stat. 696, c. 67.
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