United States v. Munday
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. . The facts, which involve the construction of statutes relating to location of coal lands in Alaska, are stated in the opinion. The Solicitor General for the United States.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
This writ of error is prosecuted by the United States from a judgment sustaining a motion to quash an indictment.
The indictment is founded upon § 5440, Revised Statutes, and charges a conspiracy to defraud the United States by illegally obtaining title to forty contiguous tracts of coal lands in the District of Alaska, aggregating six thousand and eighty-seven acres, collectively known as the Stracey group, and averred to be of the value of ten million dollars.
The indictment is too long to be set out, even in an abbreviated form. The gravamen of the conspiracy chárged is that the defendants…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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