Cohen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon a writ of error to review a judgment of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, entered upon a verdict convicting the defendants under section 5440 of the Revised Statutes of the United States [U. S. Comp.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon a writ of error to review a judgment of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, entered upon a verdict convicting the defendants under section 5440 of the Revised Statutes of the United States [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3676] of a conspiracy to violate subdivision “b” of section 29 of the bankruptcy act of July 1, 1898 (30 Stat. 554, c. 541 [U. S. Comp. St. ,1901, p. 3433]). ' '
1Opinion of the Court
NOYES, Circuit- Judge.
The indictment embraced three counts; but, as the defendants were convicted upon the first count only, it is unnecessary to examine particularly the other counts. This count charged the said defendants, together with Albert Friedman (against whom the indictment was dismissed), with conspiring to commit an offense against the United States, in and by corruptly and fraudulently agreeing together in anticipation of the involuntary bankruptcy of the ‘‘American Wire & Steel Bed Company,” a domestic corporation, to be brought about and accomplished by the said Simon E.…
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