United States v. Houghton

Nixon, D. J.,

{charging jury.) While the counsel of the respective parties have been engaged with so much zeal, labor, and ability in discussing before you the facts of this case, I have taken occasion to make note of eertain suggestions in regard to the law, which I will now submit to you, after which the entire responsibility of its decision must rest with you.

The case lies within a narrow compass — much narrower than one would suppose when he considers the wide range which the testimony has taken.

Section 5418 of the Revised Statutes of the United States enacts “that every person who * *' *…