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McGOWEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 7303.

105 F.2d 791 (1939)

McGOWEN v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 19, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Laughlin, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

David A. Pine, U. S. Atty., and Howard Boyd and Stephen P. Haycock, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Washington, D. C.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and VINSON, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of forgery. The sole question is whether prosecution was barred by the statute of limitations. Section 582 of the Criminal Code provides that "No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense," with exceptions not material here, "unless the indictment is found * * * within three years next after such offense shall have been committed."1 Section 583 provides...

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