United States v. Harold Lurie and Samuel Dworett

DUFFY, Chief Judge.

Defendants were convicted after a trial by jury of conspiracy to defraud the United States of certain governmental rights and functions to administer the sale of surplus property under the Sur plus Property Act of 1944, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 1611 et seq., in violation of § 88, Title 18 U.S.Code. 1 They were also convicted on seven substantive counts. The first of such counts charged defendants with filing false certificates with the War Assets Corporation, and the other six counts charged the filing of like certificates with the War Assets Administration, all in violation…