United States v. Brogren

HEALEY, District Judge.

The defendants McDevitt, Welch and the others, have been indicted for the substantive offense of causing to be made and presented for payment and approval, to an officer in the naval service of the United States, claims upon and against the Navy Department of the United States of Ameri-ca, which claims the defendants knew to be false, fictitious and fraudulent.

The defendants have all filed demurrers to the respective indictments against them, all based on the same grounds.

The indictments make substantially the following allegations:

That the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard,…