Lorenz v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing or an appeal by tbe defendants from a judgment of conviction of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sitting as a criminal court, entered upon the verdict of a jury finding them guilty on an indictment for conspiracy to defraud the United States.
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Hearing or an appeal by tbe defendants from a judgment of conviction of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia sitting as a criminal court, entered upon the verdict of a jury finding them guilty on an indictment for conspiracy to defraud the United States. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: The appellants, George E. Lorenz, August W. Machen, Diller B. Groff, and Samuel A. Groff, together with Martha J. Lorenz, wife of George E. Lorenz, were tried in the supreme court of the District of Columbia on an indictment for conspiracy to defraud the United States. The trial…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
1. The assignments of error on behalf of the several appellants have been commendably grouped by their counsel under appropriate heads for discussion, and these will be considered in the order of their presentation.
The first group embodies objections to the sufficiency of the indictment which were first raised on demurrers that were overruled, then on prayers for instructions that were refused, and, finally, on motions in arrest of judgment that were denied.
1. The first ground of the contention is that counts 2 to 12, inclusive, do not show the commission of any offense under the statute…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Crain v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by8 opinions
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