BOYKIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 4699.

11 F.2d 484 (1926)

BOYKIN et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 19, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry H. Smith and S. M. Johnston, both of Mobile, Ala., and Edw. Dinkelspiel, of New Orleans, La. (John C. Davey, of New Orleans, La., and Gregory L. Smith, William J. Young, and Norvelle R. Leigh, Jr., all of Mobile, Ala., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Hugo L. Black, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Joseph W. John, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Mobile, Ala., on the brief), for the United States.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an indictment under section 39 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10203) for bribery. The indictment sufficiently charges the giving of $600 to one M. T. Gonzaullas, a duly authorized government prohibition agent, "whose functions, duties, and powers then and there were, as the defendants then and there well knew, to investigate violations of title 2 of the National Prohibition Act (Comp....

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