Legal Opinion

Patterson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 3, 1913No. 2,119PublishedCited by 2 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Charles A. Patterson was convicted of perjury, and he brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error was twice convicted of the crime-of perjury. On writ of error sued out by him on the first occasion, the judgment of the trial court was reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial. Patterson v. United States, 181 Fed. 970, 104 C. C. A. 434. Upon the retrial he was again convicted, and the case is again brought here.

It appears that about January, 1905, one Larsen had pending in the Patent Office an application for a patent for an improvement in a one-piece harness buckle, and entered into negotiations with the plaintiff in error, which…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States v. CurtisSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Patterson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1910

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Grievance Committee v. WoerndleOregon Supreme Court · 1922
  2. People v. ClarkCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977

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