Hedderly v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. A. H. Hedderly and others were convicted of a conspiracy to defraud) the United States, and they bring error. Criminal prosecution by the United States upon an indictment charging a number of persons with the crime of conspiracy to defraud the United States of tbe possession, use, and title to large tracts of the public lands belonging to the United States.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. A. H. Hedderly and others were convicted of a conspiracy to defraud) the United States, and they bring error. Criminal prosecution by the United States upon an indictment charging a number of persons with the crime of conspiracy to defraud the United States of tbe possession, use, and title to large tracts of the public lands belonging to the United States. Upon this indictment A. H. Hedderly, Richard Hynes, and William H. Smith were tried and convicted, and bring error. Tbe indictment was found under section 5440…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
(after stating tlie facts as above). The indictment in this case is voluminous, and purports to contain 13 counts, but there is only one charge of conspiracy under and in pursuance of which it is alleged in separate subdivisions or counts of the indictment that certain overt: acts were committed in carrying out and accomplishing the object and design of the conspiracy. The court below so construed tlie indictment and instructed the jury that the indictment charged but one offense, namely, that of the conspiracy to defraud the government of certain of its public lands, and that the joining of…
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