EVANS v. UNITED STATES

No. 922.

153 U.S. 584 (1894)

EVANS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hampton L. Carson, (with whom were Mr. J. Levering Jones and Mr. Rufus E. Shapley on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Conrad for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the sufficiency of an indictment for the wilful misapplication of the funds of a national bank, in violation of section 5209 of the Revised Statutes.

A rule of criminal pleading, which at one time obtained in some of the circuits, and perhaps received a qualified sanction from this court in United States v.

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