United States v. John Dowdy

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Former Congressman John Dowdy, of Texas, was found guilty by a jury of each of the charges contained in an eight-count indictment. * In counts one and two, defendant was charged, together with Myrvin C. Clark who pleaded guilty, with conspiracy (18 U.S.C.A. § 371 (1969)) to violate the conflict of interest statute (18 U.S.C.A. § 203), 1 and conspiracy to violate the obstruction of justice statute (18 U.S.C.A. § 1505), 2 re spectively. In the third count, defendant was accused of interstate travel (18 U.S.C.A. § 1952) to facilitate federal bribery (18 U.S.C.A. § 201). 3…