Markham v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE KENTUCKY. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the District Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky, for the crime of perjury as defined in section 5392 of the Revised Statutes. The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Read the full summary
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE KENTUCKY. The plaintiff in error was indicted in the District Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky, for the crime of perjury as defined in section 5392 of the Revised Statutes. The defendant pleaded not guilty. The first and second counts related to certain statements by the accused, alleged to have been wilfully, falsely, and feloniously made, in a deposition, given, under oath, before G. C. Loomis, a special examiner of the Pension Bureau of the United States, such statements being material to an inquiry…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The contention that the indictment was insufficient in law cannot be sustained.
By section 4744 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the act of July 25, 1882, c; 349, it is provided: “The Commissioner of Pensions is authorized to detail from time to time clerks or persons employed in his office to make special examinations into the merits of such pension or bounty land claims, whether pending or adjudicated, as he may deem proper, and to aid in the prosecution of any party appearing on such examinations to be guilty of fraud, either in the presentation or in procuring the allowance of such…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Dunbar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
3Cited by59 opinions
- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Eldred J. Paternostro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Carroll v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- Hendricks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. William H. BeerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
54 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.