Mookini

Appellants, Robert K. Mookini and Lee Sau Chong, were indicted for violating section 35 of the Criminal Code, as amended, 18 U.S.C.A. § 80 , which provides: “Whoever shall make or cause to be made or present or cause to be presented, for payment or approval, to or by any person or officer in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, or any department thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, any claim upon or against the Government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof, or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious, or fraudulent * * * shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.”

The indictment is in two. counts. Each count alleges that, on a specified date, at the city of Honolulu, in the territory of Hawaii: “[Appellants] did jointly, knowingly, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously make and cause to be made, present and cause to be presented, for approval and payment to the Camp Director of the Schofield Camp of the Civilian ■ Conservation Corps, United States Department of Interior, a…