Houston v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Western District of Washington; Edward E. Cushman, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Charles E. Houston and John H. Bullock. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error. The plaintiffs in error were convicted of conspiracy under section 5440 of the Bevised Statutes.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Western District of Washington; Edward E. Cushman, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Charles E. Houston and John H. Bullock. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error. The plaintiffs in error were convicted of conspiracy under section 5440 of the Bevised Statutes. The indictment alleged, in substance, that on or about April 1, 1908, at Seattle, in the state of Washington, the defendants did willfully, knowingly, and unlawfully and feloniously conspire, combine, confederate and…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The indictment charges that the conspiracy was entered into on April 1, 1908, and that it has at all times since that date been “furthered and continued in force” by each of said conspirators. Four overt acts are alleged to have been done in August and September, 1908. The substance of the objections to the indictment is that it contains no allegation that bids were ever actually interposed by the conspirators, or what such bids were, that the crime could not be completed without the initial overt act of interposing bids by the cooperation of the…
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