Biskind v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio; D. C. Westenhaver, Judge. Manuel Biskind and another were convicted of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, and defendant Biskind brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error, together with one Meyer and one Beattie, was indicted upon a charge of conspiracy under section 37 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10201) to commit an offense against the United States, the charge being in substance this:
Meyer'had been convicted in the court below of a criminal offense, and had thereupon been sentenced to imprisonment in the Warrensville workhouse. The three conspirators agreed that Meyer and plaintiff in error should pay a_ certain sum of money to Beattie, in consideration of which the latter would pretend to be Meyer, and under…
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