Legal Opinion
Stearns v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1907No. 2,411PublishedCited by 20 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
Royal B. Stearns, with another, was convicted in the District Court of a conspiracy to defraud the United States, a crime denounced by section 5440, Rev. St., as amended May 17, 1879, 21 Stat. 4, c. 8 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3676], which reads:
“If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offence against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, ail the parties to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten…
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