...section 5440, Rev. St., which provides that if two or more persons conspire to commit any offense against the United States in any manner or for any purpose,...parties to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty, etc. The objections are considered in their order. The defendant Strum, the enumerator, is the only...

...Section 5440 as amended, the trial of the defendant under which resulted in his acquittal^ is as follows: "If two or more persons conspire either to commit...any purpose, and one or more of such parties do any net to effect the object of the conspiracy all the parties to such conspiracy shall be liable to a...

...or more persons conspire either to commit an offense against the united States, or to defraud (lie United States in any manner, or for any purpose, and...conspiracy, all the parties to such conspiracy shall be liahle to a penalty." The indictment, which is very long, alleges in substance that the Department...

...section under which the information can be maintained. Section 5440, Rev. St., is- as follows: f •slf two or more persons conspire either to commit any...manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, all the parties to such conspiracy shall...

...very broad, and includes any and every case where two or more persons conspire, either to commit an offense against the United States, or to defraud the...more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy. In any and every such case, each and every party to the conspiracy is guilty of...

...December 20, 1906.) No. 101. '- CONSFIBACY— DEFINITION. Under the act of Congress providing that If two or more persons conspire either to commit any...In any- manner or for any purpose, and one or more do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, nil shall be liable to a penalty, the gist of the...

...may be but two — "if two or more persons conspire to commit any offence against the United States, and one or more of such parties do any act to effect...to' such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty," etc. That is one provision of the statutes, gentlemen, and there is a charge in this indictment framed...

...the clause relating to the defrauding of the United States meaningless. The section provides that, if two or more persons conspire "either to commit...the United States in any manner or for any purpose," they shall, if one or more of them do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, be liable to...

...conspiracy statute (section 37 of the Criminal Code [Сотр. St. § 10201]). This section provides : "If two or more persons conspire either to commit...the United States in any manner or for any purpose," etc. Plaintiffs in error assert that each of the first four counts of the indictment fail to charge...

...the crime of conspiracy is section 5440 of the Revised Statutes, which reads: "If two or more perscus conspire either to commit any offense against the...States in any manner or for any purpose, and one or шогр nf such parties do any net to effect the object of the conspiracy, all the parties to such...