Legal Opinion
Dropps v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1929No. 8219PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTIS, District Judge.
In the District Court appellant was found guilty of violating section 117 of the Criminal Code (section 207, title 18, U. S. C. [18 USCA § 207]) and was sentenced to imprisonment in the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth for three years and to pay a fine of $100. He has appealed from that judgment on the grounds, first, that the indictment charges no offense within section 117, and, second, that that section is unconstitutional. The sufficiency of the indictment was not questioned in the District Court.
Section 117 is as follows: “Whoever, being an officer of the…
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