United States v. Van Leuven
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Trial upon an indictment charging that tbe defendant bad conspired, with one E-ankin, contrary to tbe provisions of section 5440 of tbe Eevised Statutes of tbe United States, to offer or give to the members of tbe board of examining surgeons at' Oresco, Iowa, money for tbe purpose of influencing tbe official action of tbe board in regard to tbe examination to be made of Eankin as'an applicant for an increase of pension. Trial before a jury. Verdict, “Guilty.”
1Opinion of the CourtShiras, District Judge
(orally charging jury). Before passing to the consideration of the special questions that are involved in the charge in this case and that are to he submitted to you for your decision, I deem it advisable to briefly call your attention to some general provisions of the statute and general provisions of law that you should hear in mind when you come to decide the case after its final submission to you. By the provisions of section 5451 of the Revised Statutes of the United, States it is enacted by congress that “every person who promises, offers or gives, or causes or procures to he promised,…
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