United States v. Kemmel

JOHN W. MURPHY, Chief Judge.

Defendant found guilty of offering a bribe, 18 U.S.C.A. § 201,1 moves in arrest *738of judgment, for judgment of acquittal, and in the alternative for a new trial, alleging failure to charge an offense, failure of proof, and error in the charge of the court.

The indictment, pro tanto substantially in the words of the statute,2 and therefore ordinarily sufficient,3 charged that defendant offered an assistant chief inspector working for the Corps of United States Engineers, an agency of the United States, in an official function, $250 for himself and the Chief Inspector,…