United States v. Boufford

CONNOR, District Judge.

Two elements must be present in order to violate the statute here involved, 18 U.S.C. § 1015(a). The first, intent, is admitted by defendant, and is not in dispute. The second, the making of a false statement, is denied, and is the only point of controversy in this case. The defendant asserts that when he answered “once” to question No. 22 of ■ Government’s exhibit one1, he was not making a false statement, since the second marriage was bigamous, and, under the law of the situs, was null and void. This position assumes that “married” as used in question No. 22 refers to…