Dahly v. United States

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

There are here two appeals from judgments of conviction under the Conspiracy Statute (section 37, Cr. Code [18 USCA § 88]).

The indictment (filed September 13, 1929) alleged that the conspiracy was between three officers of the United States and a fourth person. The three officers were Dahly, collector of customs at Duluth; Beaton, a customs supervising agent located at St. Paul, but whose duties took him elsewhere; Hoban, a customs inspector in the Duluth district. The fourth person was Peters,* a resident of Duluth. The offense to be committed against the United States…