United States v. Gillilan

HAND, Circuit Judge.

These appeals arise upon a judgment of conviction before Judge Rayfiel upon eleven counts of an indictment, of which Counts One and Eleven were for “conspiracy” and Counts Two to Ten were for “fraudulent” invoices paid by the Navy. There were a number of other counts-which for one reason or another were dismissed. We shall first discuss Count One, then collectively Counts Two to Ten, and finally Count Eleven.

Count One charged a conspiracy under § 371 to violate § 281 of Title 18, U.S.Code, between the defendants, Gillilan, Finer, Snyder and three corporations-controlled by…