Legal Opinion
Maxey v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1913No. 3,913PublishedCited by 12 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas; Jacob Trieber, Judge. Robert E. D. Maxey was convicted of conspiring to commit an offense against the United States, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
Maxey and one Henry B. Copeland
were indicted for conspiring to commit an offense against the United States; the offense being the devising of a scheme to defraud by carrying on a correspondence through the mails. Maxey, having been tried and convicted, brings error.
[1] The following appears from the bill of exceptions.
“The United States, to maintain the issues upon its part, introduced as witnesses first H. B. Copeland, but the defendant objected to his competency, stating that at the April term, 1912, of said court he had been convicted of a felony and sentenced to 15…
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