Steigman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Thos. G. Haight, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Louis Steigman and David Steigman. From a judgment of conviction, defendants bring error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey; Thos. G. Haight, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Louis Steigman and David Steigman. From a judgment of conviction, defendants bring error. The evidence for the government tended to prove the following facts: Louis Steigman was engaged in the retail clothing business in Plainfield, N. J., and his brother, David Steigman, was engaged in the same business in New Brunswick, N. J. In March, 1913, the store of David Steigman was burned, and in September, 1913, he opened a new store and…
1Opinion of the CourtWoolley, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The defendants were indicted for conspiracy under section 37 of the United •States Criminal Code (section 5440, Revised Statutes), to violate section 29b of the Bankruptcy Act of July 1, 1898, and upon trial were convicted. Section 5440, R. S., under which the charge of conspiracy was made, provides that “if two or more persons conspire * * * to commit any offense against the United States, *. * * and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the corispir*65acy,” they shall be punished in the manner prescribed; and the law of the United…
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