Tenth Circuit· 11/17/1934

Bratton v. United States

Citations

73 F.2d 795
1934 U.S. App. LEXIS 2818

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noting that the Act of April 30, 1970, “has been before the courts but twice in the 144 years of its life”
the language of § 4 requires “some affirmative act of concealment, such as suppression of the evidence, harboring of the criminal, intimidation of witnesses, or other positive act designed to conceal from the authorities the fact that a crime had been committed.”
“Some meaning must be given to the words ‘conceal and. ’ If it should be held that a failure to disclose is itself a concealment, then a conviction may be had for failure to disclose without more, and the words ‘conceal and’ are thus effectively excised from the statute.”

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Judges: Phillips, Medermott, Pollock

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