Legal Opinion
United States v. Gilliland
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 3, 1941No. 245PublishedCited by 293 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
The District Court sustained a demurrer to ten counts of an indictment and the Government appeals. 18 U. S. C. 682.
There were eleven counts in the indictment, the first of which, a conspiracy count, the District Court found good. The other counts now before us were based on § 35 of the Criminal Code. 18 U. S. C. 80. 1 Eight of these counts charged in substance that defendants had willfully caused to be made and used verified reports falsely and fraudulently stating the amount of petroleum produced from certain oil wells, and the other two counts made a similar charge with respect to verified…
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