United States v. Dietrich
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska
Indictment charging defendant, while a senator in Congress from the state of Nebraska, “duly elected, qualified and sworn according to law to perform the duties of his said office,” with taking, receiving, and agreeing to receive a bribe from Jacob Fisher for procuring and aiding to procure for said Fisher the office of postmaster at Hastings, Neb. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty.
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Indictment charging defendant, while a senator in Congress from the state of Nebraska, “duly elected, qualified and sworn according to law to perform the duties of his said office,” with taking, receiving, and agreeing to receive a bribe from Jacob Fisher for procuring and aiding to procure for said Fisher the office of postmaster at Hastings, Neb. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty. The case was called for trial, and, after a jury was impaneled and sworn, the United States attorney made an opening statement to the court and jury of the facts which the government proposed to prove in…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Devanter, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This is a prosecution under section 1781 of the Revised Statutes [1 U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1212], which declares:
“Every member of Congress or any officer or agent of the government who, directly or indirectly, takes, receives, or agrees to receive, from any person for procuring, or aiding to procure, any contract, office, or place, from the government or any department thereof, or from any officer of thq United States, for any person whatever, or for giving any such contract, office, or place to any person whomsoever, * * * shall be deemed guilty of a…
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