Samples v. United States

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, E. C. Samples, was convicted of conspiring to violate Sec. 135 Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 241. The indictment is lengthy but may be somewhat briefly stated. With appropriate allegations as to intent and knowledge, the indictment in substance alleges that appellant conspired with one J. Gould Samples, Jr., and other persons, not indicted, to unlawfully and corruptly endeavor to influence, intimidate and impede one Kirby Bryant, a witness, who intended to testify in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, in a case then pending…