Crawford v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO .THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. On the third of April, 1905, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the defendant was indicted, together with George E. Lorenz and August W. Machen, for a conspiracy to defraud the United States, by means stated in the indictment, and in relation to a contract between the Postal Device and Lock Company, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, and' the Post Office Department of the United.
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CERTIORARI TO .THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. On the third of April, 1905, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the defendant was indicted, together with George E. Lorenz and August W. Machen, for a conspiracy to defraud the United States, by means stated in the indictment, and in relation to a contract between the Postal Device and Lock Company, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, and' the Post Office Department of the United. States, by which the company was to furnish certain satchels to the department for the use of the letter carriers in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The defendant was convicted on the first count of the indictment found in April, 1905 (which contained six counts),- and was acquitted on the fifth and sixth counts. The court having, previous to the trial sustained a demurrer to the second, third and fourth counts, there is nothing left under this indictment except the conviction of defendant on the first count, and the question to be considered at the outset is as to the sufficiency of that count. The grounds of the demurrer were that the indictment did riot set forth any offense under § 5440 of the Revised Statutes of the United States,…
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