Rolland v. United States

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Found guilty on counts One1 and Four2 of a four count indictment purporting to *679charge him and two others with violations of Section 1001 of 18 U.S.C.A., the defendant Rolland appealed, relying for reversal on two main contentions.

The first, applicable to' both counts alike, is that they were defective in failing to allege, in haec verba, or in substance, and the proof was insufficient in failing to establish, the essential facts3 that the claimed false statements were “material”.

The other, applicable only to count one, is that the evidence did not, as alleged in the…