Legal Opinion

United States v. Carlin

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 1917No. 183PublishedCited by 8 opinions

At Law. James J. Carlin and Harry Butler were convicted, under Criminal Code, § 37, of conspiring to defraud the United States. On motion for new trial.

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, District Judge.

The defendants were indicted and convicted upon a charge of conspiring to defraud the United States under the following circumstances:

Harry Butler was employed as a timekeeper at the ship building plant at Hog Island, and James J. Carlin as a laborer. The government offered evidence to show that the defendants conspired together to cause to be issued to Carlin fictitious and fraudulent time checks and discharge slips under the name of J. Garlan; that Carlin should present the time checks and discharge slips to the paymaster and receive the amount of wages purporting…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Langer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
  2. United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. HessDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Gould Coupler Co. v. U. S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1919
  4. United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. HessCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
  5. Commonwealth Finance Corp. v. LandisDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1919

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