United States v. Moyers
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Criminal Information. This was a criminal information against Gilbert and George C. Moyers, in which they are jointly charged with demanding, receiving, and retaining from a pensioner illegal fees as her attorneys in the prosecution of her claim, and also with unlawfully withholding from her a portion of her pension money in violation of the provisions of section 5485 of the Revised Statutes.
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Criminal Information. This was a criminal information against Gilbert and George C. Moyers, in which they are jointly charged with demanding, receiving, and retaining from a pensioner illegal fees as her attorneys in the prosecution of her claim, and also with unlawfully withholding from her a portion of her pension money in violation of the provisions of section 5485 of the Revised Statutes. On motion of the defendant George 0. Moyers, supported by affidavits, a severance was granted, and thereupon Gilbert Moyers was separately put upon his trial under a general plea of not guilty. The trial…
1Opinion of the Court
Hammond, J.,
(charging jury orally.) It is part of the history of this country that the government of the United States is more *414liberal to its pensioners than any other government. I have seen it stated, and presume it is true, that the military pension roll of the government of the United States exceeds that of all the other civilized nations in the yrorld. It is a matter which is known to you and to all of us that enormous sums are annually appropriated, amounting to many millions of dollars, to pay pensioners. •
It is also a part of the history of these pension laws, that, owing to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1879