United States v. Gibson

I will now' dispose of this motion to quash in the case of the United States v. Gibson. This case is now before the court on a motion to quash the indictment. The indictment contains five counts, all of which, in substance, charge the defendant with offering one De War a bribe or valuable consideration in money or property to induce De War to set fire to a distillery in the city of Chicago, in this district, used and occupied by H. H. Schufeldt & Co., he (DeWar) being at the time such oiler was made to him an internal revenue officer of this collection district, and in some of the counts…