Blair v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the First. Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States, against Ralph K. Blair, Thomas Addis, and others. Judgment of conviction against the defendants named, and they -bring error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the First. Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States, against Ralph K. Blair, Thomas Addis, and others. Judgment of conviction against the defendants named, and they -bring error. Tiie plaintiffs in error were charged by the first count (the only count here involved) of the indictment in the court below with having conspired, in connection with certain other mimed parties within the jurisdiction of the court, “to willfully, unlawfully, and knowingly hire and…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The indictment in question is based on sections 37 and 10 of the Criminal Code of the United States (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1088 [Comp. St. 1913, §§ 10201, 10174]), the former of which reads:
“If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United. States in any manner or for any *230purpose, and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the- conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than…
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