Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit September 30, 1999, 99-1621 (United States v. Callie Mobley and Jimmie Mobley)

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Three weeks before trial was scheduled to get under way, defendants Callie Mob-ley and Jimmie Mobley filed a motion to strike what they called “gurplusage” in the indictment charging them with conspiring to steal from the Village of Alorton, Illinois. Callie Mobley was Alorton’s Mayor, and Jimmie Mobley (her husband) the Village’s Street Superintendent.