Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit March 6, 1916, No. 4178 (Moffatt v. United States)

ELLIOTT, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error, Benjamin F. Moffatt, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted, charged with violations of section 215 of the Penal Code. The indictment contained six counts, and upon trial the jury returned a verdict of not guilty as to all of the counts in the indictment, except count No. 3, and as to that a verdict of guilty was returned.