United States v. Mason

BENEDICT, District Judge.

The indictment in this case displays such extreme carelessness on the part of the draughtsman, that any attempt to try it would be expected to raise questions of variance. As found, the indictment contains eight counts, some charging the uttering, others the possession with intent to utter, counterfeit bills, particularly described in each count. Several of the counts were necessarily abandoned because the bills therein described, although set out with extreme detail, were incorrectly described in respect to the bill number, a variance in respect to the bill number…