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IN RE ESCHEAT OF MONIES DEPOSITED IN U. S. DIST. CT.

No. 10267.

187 F.2d 131 (1951)

In re ESCHEAT OF MONIES DEPOSITED IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin E. Frankel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., Thomas J. Curtin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Paul A. Sweeney, Hubert H. Margolies, Washington, D. C., Attys., Dept. of Justice, on the brief), for appellant.

A. Jere Creskoff, Philadelphia, Pa. (Michael Edelman, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

BIGGS, Chief Judge.

The appeal at bar presents an interesting question as to the jurisdiction or power of the United States District Court in forfeiture1 in contrast to that of a State trial court in escheat. On October 10, 1949 the United States filed a petition in the court below for forfeiture of bribe money in the custody of the Treasurer of the United States. The petition alleges that six individuals offered bribes to officials of...

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