Rossi v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Charles E. Wolverton, Judge. Angelo H. Rossi was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States, etc., and he brings error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Charles E. Wolverton, Judge. Angelo H. Rossi was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States, etc., and he brings error. The indictment in this case charges a conspiracy to defraud the United States, and to alter certain obligations of the United States, to wit, United States War Savings Certificates and United States War Savings Certificate Stamps, by removing the stamps from the certificates and erasing from the face of the stamps certain registration or identification marks. The defendant Itossi…
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The argument in support of the demurrer for want of sufficient facts is based on the false or erroneous assumption that War Savings Certificates with stamps attached are not obligations of the United States. United States v. Sacks, 257 U. S. -, 42 Sup. Ct. 38, 66 L. Ed. -, decided by the Supreme Court November 7, 1921.
[2] The claim of duplicity is based on the ground that the indictment charges a conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate several sections of the Penal Code of the United States. This question has likewise been answered…
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