Hyde v. United States

WEBB, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted on September 15, 1924, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, charged with "various violations of the federal statutes governing banking; all of the counts being drawn under section 5209 of the Revised Statutes as amended (section 9772, Compiled Statutes). The indictment contained 174 counts. An examination of this indictment will show that the defendant was charged in a number of counts with making false entries with intent to deceive the Comptroller…