Patton v. United States

KENYON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs in error were indicted in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma upon eight counts, the first charging a conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States in violation of section 39 of the Penal Code (18 USCA § 91), by arranging for and assisting in carrying out a plan to bribe one Charles Buzzi, a federal prohibition agent of the United States, in order to obtain protection and immunity from arrest for violations of the National Prohibition Act (27 USCA).

Counts 2 to 8 each charge the payment of $500 by plaintiffs…