MARYLAND V. SOPER , 270 U. S. 36 (1926)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Maryland v. Soper , 270 U.S. 36 (1926)
Maryland v. Soper (No. 2)
No. 24 Original
Argued December 7 1925
Decided February 1, 1926
270 U.S. 36
Syllabus
An indictment in a state court charging federal prohibition agents with a conspiracy to obstruct justice by giving false testimony at a coroner's inquest concerning a homicide for which they were then under arrest and subsequently were indicted for murder is not removable to the federal court under § 33 of the Judicial Code, even though the murder charge would be removable as one commenced "on account" of their official acts. P. 270 U. S. 42.
Mandamus made absolute.
Petition by the State of Maryland for a writ of mandamus directing the United States District Judge of the District of Maryland to remand to the proper state court an indictment for conspiracy to obstruct justice by false testimony, which had been removed to the district court under the provisions of § 33 of the Judicial Code. See also the case next preceding.