Clark v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; Arba S. Van Valkenburgh, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Eeslie E. Clark. Judgment, of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, District Judge.
This is a writ of error to reverse judgment, convicting conspiracy to bribe members of the local board of Buchanan county, Mo., in connection with the examination of one Enoch Shepherd for military service. The indictment against Clark and one Daniel Shepherd was drawn under sections 37 and 39 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. §§ 10201, 10203), and contained two counts. Clark had a separate trial, and the court-directed a verdict of not guilty upon the second count. He was convicted upon the first.
The first specification of error challenges the indictment as being…
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