United States v. Thomas F. Johnson, J. Kenneth Edlin, and William L. Robinson

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

Two members of the United States Congress and two other persons were jointly indicted for violations of both the conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 371, and the conflicts of interest statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 281. 1 After a jury trial the four defendants were convicted. One, Frank W. Boykin, a Representative from Alabama, paid his fine and has not appealed. This is the appeal of Representative Thomas F. Johnson of Maryland, and J. Kenneth Edlin and William L. Robinson.

The indictment was in eight counts. The first charged a conspiracy “to defraud the United States * * * (a)'…