Murphy v. United States

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, one Ryan, and one House were indicted under section 37 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10201) for conspiring to commit an offense against the United States by fraudulently altering certain registered United States Liberty bonds by erasing the name of the original owner thereon and substituting the name of House, and thereafter negotiating them. House and Ryan pleaded guilty. The defendant was convicted, and sentence imposed.

The case is here upon thirty assignments of error; but only three have been argued. Two of these relate to the refusal of the…