UNITED STATES v. GRIFFIN

No. 9914.

176 F.2d 727 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. GRIFFIN.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Hildenberger, Bethlehem, Pa., for appellant.

Carl F. Pattavina, Washington, D. C. (Gerald A. Gleeson, United States Attorney Philadelphia, Pa., Golden N. Dagger, Attorney, Department of Justice, John J. O'Keefe, Jr., Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the the brief), for appellee.

Before MARIS, GOODRICH and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted under Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 88 [now § 371] of conspiracy to defraud the United States. During the period covered by the indictment, he was a United States commissioner. The indictment alleged that he, together with a deputy United States district court clerk and three Chinese interpreters conspired to defraud the United States by issuance of passports to persons not entitled thereto. Overt acts in connection...

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