Legal Opinion
Fall v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 6, 1931No. 5171PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
Appellant Albert B. Fall was convicted in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia of the crime of bribery in violation of section 117 of the United States Criminal Code (18 USCA § 207); and from a judgment sentencing him to pay a fine of $100,000 with imprisonment for one year this appeal was prosecuted.
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