Howser v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe following facts were found by tbe court: I. Horace Bougbton was United States assessor of internal revenue for tbe fourth district of Texas from May 29, 1866, to July 31, 1869. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: Tbe following facts were found by tbe court: I. Horace Bougbton was United States assessor of internal revenue for tbe fourth district of Texas from May 29, 1866, to July 31, 1869. II. At tbe spring term of tbe United States district court for tbe western district, A. D. 1870, said Bougbton was indicted upon three indictments: one for defrauding tbe revenue; one ^for bribery; and one for conspiracy with Thomas Browning, C. M. Hite, Webster Flannigan, and others, to defraud tbe revenue ; and said indictments were duly transferred and entered…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:
When this case was before us at a former term, it was submitted upon a demurrer to tbe defendant’s plea, and tbe admitted facts were these:. Three indictments against Horace Boughton, who was then tbe claimant, bad been found for bribery, conspiracy, and fraud in connection with internal-revenue matters, and were pending in tbe United States circuit court in Texas when, on tbe 15th of November, 1870, Boughton made a written application to tbe Commissioner of Internal Revenue for a compromise of those cases and other claims against him upon tbe…
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