THE UNITED STATES EX REL. FREDERICK BROWN, APPELLANT,

v.

FREDERICK A. COOKE, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COUNTY PRISON AT PHILADELPHIA

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Walker, 653 F.2d 1343 (9th Cir. 1981)
  …by means of collusive bids on a contract to supply coal to the Army lasted past the award to defendants, continuing at least until the defendants cashed the government’s checks. Houston v. United States, 217 F. 852, 859 (9th Cir.1914), cert. denied, 238 U.S. 613, 35 S.Ct. 284, 59 L.Ed. 1490 (1915). “The bids were but a portion of the means whereby the unlawful purpose was to be accomplished. The indictment charges, not that the object of the conspiracy was to interpose collusive and fraudulent bids, but tha…
• Eddington v. United States, 24 F.2d 50 (8th Cir. 1928)
  …88). The offense, under this statute, consists of the unlawful scheme upon which the minds of the conspirators have met, together with any aet to effect the object of the conspiracy. Houston v. United States (C. C. A.) 217 F. 852, certiorari denied 238 U. S. 613, 35 S. Ct. 284, 59 L. Ed. 1490. The evidence shows that the bonds mentioned in the indictment were worthless, but that upon their apparent genuineness the principal was discharged from custody. [2] The defendants named in the indictment were eithe…

Authorities Cited

• Lau Ow Bew v. United States, 144 U.S. 47 (U.S. 1892)
• Kurtz v. Moffitt & Another, 115 U.S. 487 (U.S. 1885)
• Whitney v. Dick, 202 U.S. 132 (U.S. 1906)