United States v. Janowitz

Citations

• 257 U.S. 42
• 42 S. Ct. 40
• 66 L. Ed. 120
• 1921 U.S. LEXIS 1312

Syllabus

<p>A conspiracy to purchase war savings certificates from their owners, remove the stamps therefrom, attach them to other, blank war savings certificates to be illegally procured, write upon the latter the names of persons other than the conspirators, and present them, so stamped and signed, at a post office of the United States for payment, is a conspiracy to defraud the United States (Crim. Code, § 37) and to commit the offense of altering, with intent to defraud, obligations of the United States (Crim. Code, §§ 37, 148.) P. 45. United States v. Sacks, ante, 37.</p>