Kellerman v. United States

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

The jury convicted Kellerman for promising to pay to a United States Customs Storekeeper, and for actually paying him, a sum of money for the key and seal of a whisky warehouse, in violation of Section 39 of the Criminal Code1 Act of March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 39; 35 Stat. 1096; R. S. 5451, Comp. St § 10203. After conviction, Kellerman made a motion in arrest of judgment on the ground that the indictment does not state an offense within the statute. The court denied the motion and imposed sentence. The case is here on the defendant’s writ, assigning error in *798this one act…