Culp v. United States

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The appellants and others were indicted under § 88, 18 U.S.C.A., 1 for having conspired to commit an offense defined in § 52, 18 U.S.C.A. 2 These appeals are from judgments of conviction entered upon verdicts of a jury. The questions for review, are, broadly, (1) whether the indictment charged a conspiracy “to commit any offense against the United States,” and (2) whether the appellants were denied a fair trial for any of the reasons asserted by them.

The defendants named in the indictment are Howard Curlin, Sheriff of Crittenden County, Arkansas, Omer Curlin, a Deputy…