Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit November 6, 1911, No. 2330 (Thomson v. United States)

Mr. Justice Bobb

delivered the opinion of the Court:

Section 39 of the Federal Penal Code, formerly sec. 5451, Rev. Stat. U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3680, provides that whoever gives or offers to give any money or other thing of value, “to any officer of the United States or to any person acting for or on behalf of the United States in any official function, under or by authority of any