Hoffman v. United States

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

The first count of the indictment herein charged that Otis Hoffman and Warner Doyle conspired to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate Frank Sanchez, a citizen of the United States, in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to him by the Constitution and laws of the United States; and because of the exercise of such right by Sanchez by informing a prohibition agent that about February 11,1932, Otis and Donald Hoffman had unlawfully possessed, sold, and transported intoxicating liquor. The second count charged a like conspiracy to injure,…