Braatelien v. United States

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

Olaf Braatelien, O. W. Bergen, James Van Berkom, Sam Semingsen, Martin Fossom, Leo Mahoney, and G. Bailard were indicted for conspiring in violation of section 88, Title 18, U.S.C.A. to defraud the United States by corruptly administering and procuring the corrupt administration of the Act of Congress approved June 22, 1938, as amended March 4, 1940, 11 U.S.C.A. §§ 201 to 203, inclusive), commonly called the Frazier Lemke Act, being an amendment to the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898. Because of his absence, Bergen was not tried; the charge was dismissed against Van…