Krichman v. United States - 256 U.S. 363 (1921)

U.S. Supreme Court

Krichman v. United States, 256 U.S. 363 (1921)

Krichman v. United States

No. 260

Argued March 23, 1921

Decided May 16, 1921

256 U.S. 363

Syllabus

A baggage porter employed in a station of a railroad controlled and operated by the United States under the railroad control legislation during the late War, was not a "person acting for or on behalf of the United States in any official function," within the intendment of § 39 of the Criminal Code concerning briberies. P. 256 U. S. 365.

263 F. 538 reversed.

Certiorari to review a judgment of the circuit court of appeals affirming a judgment of the district court on a conviction under an indictment. The facts are stated in the opinion.