McGowen v. United States

appeals from a

conviction of forgery. The sole question is whether prosecution was barred by the statute of limitations. Section 582 of the Criminal Code provides that “No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any of- fense,” with exceptions not material here, “unless the indictment is found * * * within three years next after such offense shall have been committed.” Section 583 provides: “Nothing in sections 581 and 582 of this title shall extend to any person fleeing from justice.” The indictment was found

on March 3, 1937, and fixes the date of the crime as January 23, 1934. It…