Freedman v. United States

MORTON, Circuit Judge.

The defendant and eight others were indicted for a conspiracy to violate sed ion 10 (3) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 USCA § 10 (3), by obtaining transportation in interstate commerce of carloads of grapes at less than the established rates by means of false and fraudulent claims for damage to the goods while in transit. It was alleged that the conspiracy was made in New York on August 15, 1930, and continued until the indictment, and that it extended into the District of Massachusetts. Three overt acts were alleged; the first two were ruled out by the trial judge…