UNITED STATES v. PIAZZA

No. 270.

148 F.2d 334 (1945)

UNITED STATES v. PIAZZA.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 23, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Ryan, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant.

T. Vincent Quinn, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Vine H. Smith and J. Wolfe Chassen, Asst. U. S. Attys., both of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before SWAN, CHASE and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The statute under which the appellant was convicted, 18 U.S.C.A. § 207, makes it an offense for any person acting by authority of any department or office of the Government to ask, accept or receive any money with intent to have his decision on any question pending before him in his official capacity influenced thereby. The appellant was a deputy collector in the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue of the first collection district, Brooklyn...

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