M. D. Morgan v. United States

On September 19, 1960, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, appellant, M. D. Morgan, was indicted in two counts.

Count 1 alleged, in substance, that on or about December 11, 1958, in the District of Arizona, in a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Agriculture, appellant knowingly and willfully made to David B. Noble, office manager of the Cochise County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, a material false statement, namely, a statement to the effect that appellant had produced in 1958, on a farm known as farm No. 86-002-1, a total of 25,665 pounds of upland cotton, which statement was false, in that, as appellant then and there well knew, he had produced on said farm in 1958 27,612 pounds of upland cotton.

Count 2 alleged, in substance, that on or about December 16, 1958, in the District of Arizona, in a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Agriculture, appellant knowingly and willfully made to Eldon J. Barney, chairman of the committee mentioned in count 1, and David B. Noble, office manager of said committee, a material false statement similar to the statement mentioned…