Cohen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Max G. Cohen was convicted of subornation of perjury, and he brings error. The plaintiff in error was convicted of subornation of perjury in advising and inducing one Esther Wood to testify falsely in a proceeding before a United States commissioner, wherein one Jake Gronich was arrested and held to answer for a violation of the White Slave Traffic Act.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Max G. Cohen was convicted of subornation of perjury, and he brings error. The plaintiff in error was convicted of subornation of perjury in advising and inducing one Esther Wood to testify falsely in a proceeding before a United States commissioner, wherein one Jake Gronich was arrested and held to answer for a violation of the White Slave Traffic Act. Upon the trial it appeared that Gronich and another had been arrested on May 7, 1912, charged with having procured and caused the…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] It is assigned as error that the court overruled the demurrer to the indictment, and it is contended that the indictment is fatally defective in that the words “trial” and “issue” were used in referring to the hearing before the United States commissioner, in which the alleged perjured testimony was given, for the reason that a United States commissioner is without jurisdiction to try any issue between the United States and the person charged with crime. We find no merit in the contention. The indictment sufficiently shows what the, proceeding was. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Wayman v. SouthardSupreme Court of the United States · 1825
- United States v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Hedderly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1912
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- Territory v. AlfordHawaii Supreme Court · 1952
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