Coffin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES FOR THB DISTRICT OF INDIANA. The various counts of the indictment in this case charged Francis A. Coffin, the plaintiff in error, Percival B. Coffin, and Albert S. Reed with having (in violation of section 5209 of the Revised Statutes) aided and abetted one Haughey, as president of the Indianapolis National Bank, in criminal misapplications of the moneys, funds and credits of that bank, and with having aided and abetted the…
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES FOR THB DISTRICT OF INDIANA. The various counts of the indictment in this case charged Francis A. Coffin, the plaintiff in error, Percival B. Coffin, and Albert S. Reed with having (in violation of section 5209 of the Revised Statutes) aided and abetted one Haughey, as president of the Indianapolis National Bank, in criminal misapplications of the moneys, funds and credits of that bank, and with having aided and abetted the making or 'causing to be made by Haughey of a false entry on the books of the bank. A prior conviction of the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
Fifty-two requests for instructions were submitted on behalf of the defendants to the trial court. The assignments of error are sixty-two in number. The uselessness of this multitude of assignments is demonstrated bj the fact that but nineteen out of the sixty-two were relied upon at bar. These nineteen are grouped in the brief of counsel for plaintiff in error under twelve headings. We shall confine oar examination to the consideration of the matters embraced under these headings, and in the order in which they are discussed by counsel.
I. Point 1 alleges that the court erred in refusing to…
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