Crawford v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the trial of an indictment for an alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of conviction of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the trial of an indictment for an alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: The appellant, William G. Crawford, was convicted in the supreme court of the District of Columbia on the first count of indictment numbered 24,688, charging him, August W. Machen, and George E. Lorenz with a conspiracy to defraud the United States; said indictment having been framed under sec. 5440, U. S. Rev. Stat., U. S. Comp. Stat.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gould
of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who sat with the Court in the hearing, in the place of Mr. Justice Robb, delivered the opinion of the Court:
The first, second, and third assignments of error assail the validity of the first count of indictment numbered 24,688, the first assignment raising the point by demurrer, and the second and third by exceptions to the granting of the government’s first prayer, and to the refusal of the trial court to grant the defendant’s motion to instruct the jury to acquit on this count.
The indictment was drawn under section 5440, U. S. Rev. Stat, U.…
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