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FALL v. UNITED STATES

No. 5171.

49 F.2d 506 (1931)

FALL v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided April 6, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. E. Leahy, Wilton J. Lambert and Frank J. Hogan, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., of Washington, D. C., and Atlee Pomerene, of Cleveland, Ohio (Frank Harrison, of Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel), for the United States.

Before ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices, and COX, Justice, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellant Albert B. Fall was convicted in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia of the crime of bribery in violation of section 117 of the United States Criminal Code (18 USCA § 207); and from a judgment sentencing him to pay a fine of $100,000 with imprisonment for one year this appeal was prosecuted.

The indictment recites that President Taft on December 13, 1912, promulgated the following order: "It is hereby...

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