Griffin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Charles L. McKeehan, Judge. Matthew F. Griffin and others were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States, and bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in error, defendants below, were indicted and tried on the charge of conspiring to defraud the United States. Some of them had secured from the government a permit to export intoxicating liquor from the United States to Greece. The method of effecting their conspiracy is alleged to have been to withdraw barrels of whisky from the New Hellam Distillery Company at Hellam. Pa., transport them to Philadelphia, place them in a warehouse in the custody of the delivery department of the United States Customs Bureau, and while there awaiting exportation remove the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- United States v. OgdenDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1900
- McKibben v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1918
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