United States v. Brown
District Court, D. Oregon
[This was an indictment against John Brown, Paul Oberhiem, John Gassen, Thomas B. Scott, Samuel Adolph, Henry Heyman. Daniel Wagnon, and Wesley Brown. Heard on motions to quash the indictment.]
1Opinion of the Court
DEADY, District Judge.
On' March 17, 1871. the.grand jury of this court-found an indictment against John Brown and seven others for corruptly impeding the due administration of justice, in this court by advising, ■causing and procuring one Morris Graves, a material witness in a criminal charge against said Brown, pending before said grand jury, to secrete and absent himself, so as to avoid being served with a subpeena, then issued out of this court to require and command the attendance of said witness before said jury. The indictment is found under section 2 of the act of March 2, 1831 (4…
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