United States v. Moriarity
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
William V. Moriarity was charged with having made "a fictitious census return, and demurred to the indictment. Demurrer overruled.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
The following discussion relates to the sufficiency of an indictment charging a special agent with having made a “ficticious return,-’ within the meaning of section 21 of the census act of March 3, 18ÍÍ9, which provides for the punishment of such agent “if he shall willfully and knowingly make a false certificate or fictitious return.” The act enjoins (he collection of information by supervisors, enumerators, and special agents (section (>); confers on special agents an equal authority with enumeiafors (section 17); charges each enumerator with the collection in his…
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