Jordan v. United States

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Alton L. Jordan, an attorney at law, was indicted in the District Court under 18 U. S. C. 231 (18 USCA § 231) for perjury committed in connection with a suit in equity brought by him and other attorneys in that court in the name of Margaret M. Ramsey against the Home Mortgage Company, a corporation, wherein the appointment of a receiver was prayed on the ground of the insolvency of the corporation. The bill was presented to the District Judge, with a jurat attached, wherein it was certified that Jordan had deposed that he had personal knowledge of the material allegations…