Henry v. United States

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in error were convicted under an indictment charging them with a conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of section 37 of the Federal Penal Code (Comp. St. § 10201). They contend that the indictment is insufficient to charge an offense against the laws of the United States. It charges a conspiracy to procure the execution of fraudulent bail bonds for persons under arrest charged with violation of penal laws of the United States, in that they conspired to procure certain named persons to' join as sureties in the execution of bail bonds to…