Egan v. United States

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellant, defendant below, a law clerk in the Bureau of Internal Revenue, was indicted under sections 113 and 117 of the United States Penal Code (Comp. St. §§ 10283, 10287). Section 113 provides that:

“Whoever, * * * being the head of a department, or other officer or clerk in the employ of the United States, shall, directly or indirectly, receive, or agree to> receive, any compensation whatever for any services rendered or to be rendered to any person, either by himself or another, in relation to any proceeding, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation,…