Bridges

Bridges v. United States

Caution
199 F.2d 811
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 29, 195212597_1California28,590 words

Opinion

Opinion

199 F.2d 811 BRIDGES et al. v. UNITED STATES. No. 12597. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. September 6, 1952. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing November 18, 1952. Second Petition for Rehearing Denied December 29, 1952. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Gladstein, Andersen & Leonard, Norman Leonard, Vincent W. Hallinan, James Martin MacInnis, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants. Chauncey Tramutolo, U. S. Atty., Robert B. McMillan, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal. (James M. McInerney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Beatrice Rosenberg, Carl H. Imlay, John R. Wilkins, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John P. Boyd, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for appellee. Before STEPHENS, BONE, and POPE, Circuit Judges. STEPHENS, Circuit Judge. 1 On the 25th day of May, 1949, a single indictment was returned by a United States Grand Jury charging Harry Renton Bridges, Henry Schmidt, and J. R. Robertson with the crime of conspiracy to fraudulently secure Bridges' naturalization, Count I; 18 U.S.C.1946 ed. § 88, now 18 U.S.C. 1948 Rev. § 371; charging Bridges with the crime of knowingly making a false statement under…

Lead Opinion

Stephens, J.

On the 25th day of May, 1949, a single indictment was returned by a United States Grand Jury charging Harry Renton Bridges, Henry Schmidt, and J. R. Robertson with the crime of conspiracy to fraudulently secure Bridges’ naturalization, Count I; 18 U.S.C.1946 ed. § 88, now 18 U.S.C. 1948 Rev. § 371; charging Bridges with the crime of knowingly making a false statement under oath relating to> his naturalization proceedings, Count II; 8 U.S.C.1946 ed. § 746(a) (1), now 18 U.S.C.1948 Rev. § 1015(a) ; charging Schmidt and Robertson each with the crime of fraudulently aiding and abetting an alien (Bridges) to procure naturalization, Count III; 8 U.S.C.1946 ed. § 746(a) (5), now 18 U.S.C.1948 Rev. § 1425. All of the charges contained in the indictment were submitted together to a jury which returned verdicts of guilty against each defendant as charged in each count; judgment and sentence followed; *816 and each defendant appeals on numerous grounds as to each judgment.

Count I

Count I is laid under Title 18 U.S.C. 1946 ed. § 88, (now 18 U.S.C. 1948 Rev. § 371) in which Bridges, Schmidt and Robertson were charged with having conspired together to secure the naturalization of Bridges,…

Concurring Opinion

Bone, J.

(concurring).

I am in complete accord with all that has been said by my associates. Their exhaustive opinions reflect unanimous conclusions reached only after thorough discussion in conference and after independent consideration of all issues by each judge of this ■division of our court.

Judgments affirmed.

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