Legal Opinion
Anderson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1919No. 5281PublishedCited by 34 opinions
In Error to the 'District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas; Frank A. Youmans, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Melvin Anderson. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CAREAND, Circuit Judge.
[1] Anderson was convicted and sentenced on an indictment, the charging part of which was as follows:
*558“That R. Q. Ayers, W. C. Dabney, Melvin Anderson, Gene Johnston, E. L. Edwards, George Booker, Leon Harris, and Leonard Riddick, on the 8th day of November, in the year 1917, in the said division of said district, and" within .the jurisdiction of said court, did then and there unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously conspire, confederate, and agree among themselves to commit an offense against the United States; that is to say, to steal from a certain railroad freight car…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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