UNITED STATES v. LACHER

No. 654.

134 U.S. 624 (1890)

10 S.Ct. 625

33 L.Ed. 1080

UNITED STATES, v. LACHER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for the plaintiff.

Mr. Benjamin Barker, Jr., for the defendant.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, an employé in the post-office at New York, was found guilty of embezzling a letter containing an article of value on an indictment under section 5467 of the Revised Statutes. A hearing on motions for new trial and in arrest of judgment before the circuit judge of the Second Circuit and the district judge, holding the court, resulted in a division...

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