Piquett v. United States

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted on the charge of conspiracy to violate a law of the United States, under section 37 of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 88. That section provides that if two or more persons conspire to commit any offense against the United States, and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall suffer the penalty therein prescribed.

The offense which appellant is alleged to have conspired to commit is defined in section 141 of the Criminal Code, 18 U. S.C.A. § 246, and so far as it is…