...to revenue laws. Its language is : " If two or more I persons conspire, either to commit any offense against the United States or to defraud the United...in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, all the parties shall be liable," <fcc....

...Stat. of the United States, which makes it a misdemeanor to " conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner, or for any purpose," etc., forms a part of the revenue laws of the United States. The United States v. Fehrenback, 175 16....

...Revised Statutes, which provides that "if two or more persons conspire to commit any offence against the United States in any manner or for any purpose,...to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty," etc. The offence which it is alleged the defendants conspired to commit is made penal by the seventh...

...America be amended so as to read as follows: If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose, anil on« or more of such parties do any act to effect tinobject of the conspiracy all the parties...

...or presenting false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim. .. 5438 154 conspiring to commit any ofleuse against the United States or to defraud the United States in any manner 5440 155 bribing any United States officer 5451 155 secreting or removing tools or material used for...

...indictment is framed is to be found in section 5,440 of the Revised Statutes, where it is provided, that, " if two or more persons conspire either to commit any...to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars, and to imprisonment not...

...found under section 5440 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. That section provides "that if two or more persons conspire either to commit any...to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty," etc. The offence, you perceive, consists in two or more persons conspiring to defraud the government...

...section 5440, Rev. St., which provides that "if two or move persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United...to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for not more than two years, or to both fine...

...p. 3676], reads as follows: "Sec. 5440. If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United...to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for not more than two years, or to both fine...

...question is founded provides as follows: "If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United...the parties to such conspiracy shall be liable to" a prescribed penalty. Rev. St. § 5440. The statute is very broad, and includes any and every case where...