Craig

Rehearing denied.

(dissenting).

The conspiracy in which Judge Craig is alleged to have joined is a conspiracy to impede the due administration of justice in the pending criminal procedure against one McKeon and others by some one of the following acts: “Or who corruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or communication, shall influence, obstruct, or impede, or endeavor to influence, obstruct, or impede, the due administration of justice therein, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.” 18 U.S.C.A. § 241 .

As I see the evidence, Judge Craig is not shown to have had any knowledge of the aims or purposes of his alleged coconspirators other than the procurement of the intercession of United States Senator Shortridge with the Department of Justice at Washington to present facts which, if Craig understood them right, showed that the indictments were not justified. There is no evidence concerning Craig suggesting any other thing to be done by the Senator.

The method by which the Senator was to be induced to present the facts on behalf of McKeon and others is obviously reprehensible from the standpoint of political ethics. Judge Craig,…