Cucchia v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Cuechia and Megna were convicted, under section 39 of the Criminal Code,1 of offering and giving a bribe to two prohibition agents, with intent to induce those agents not to prosecute Cuechia for a violation of the National Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 10138)4 et seq.).

The evidence discloses without conflict that Cuechia was released from jail, where he was being held for a violation of the National Prohibition Act, upon Megna’s promise to deposit, and the subsequent deposit by both defendants, acting in concert, in the hands of two prohibition agents of the sum of…