James R. Manley v. United States

The appellant, former postmaster at Holland, Ohio, was found guilty under the second count of an Information charging him with knowingly and wilfully making a false, fictitious and fraudulent statement on a post office form in which he reported officially a burglary of that post office, “whereas in fact such statement was not a full and complete report.” The section of the United States Code charged in that count to have been violated is section 1001, Title 18.

Appellant was convicted also upon the third count of the information, which charged violation, again of section 1001, Title 18,…