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UNITED STATES v. KING

No. 266, Docket 20587.

162 F.2d 594 (1947)

UNITED STATES v. KING.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

June 24, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Castellano, of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Nathan Sweedler, of New York City, and Denis M. Hurley, of Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for appellant.

Mario Pittoni, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (J. Vincent Keogh, U.S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, having been convicted of bribing an officer of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 91, appeals on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and that the trial judge coerced the jury to produce the result. So far as is material here, the offense denounced by the statute is the giving of money to any officer of the United States with intent to influence his decision on any matter which may...

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