UNITED STATES v. HALL

No. 1084.

131 U.S. 50 (1889)

UNITED STATES v. HALL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Walter H. Smith for defendant in error. Mr. Frank H. Hurd was with him on the brief.

Mr. William M. Stewart also filed a brief for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes before us on a certificate of division of opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California.

The record presents an indictment against John D. Hall for making a false oath as to his services as deputy surveyor of the United States in regard to the manner in which he had fulfilled a contract for surveying several townships of land in California...

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