United States v. Boyer

ROGERS, District Judge.

The defendant, Harry Boyer, is indicted for the crime of bribery, based on section 5451 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which is the general statute creating and punishing the crime of bribery, and reads as follows:

“Every person who promises, offers, or gives, or causes or procures to be promised, offered, or given, any money or other tiling of value, or makes or tenders any contract, undertaking, obligation, gratuity, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, to any officer of the United States, or to…