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BORUM v. U.S.

No. 550.

284 U.S. 596 (1932)

BORUM ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 25, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Erwin N. Griswold, Leo A. Rover, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Wm. H. Collins, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on the brief for the United States.

The indictment was drawn in four counts to meet all possible turns of the evidence at the trial, in order that so far as possible a variance might be avoided. The jury's verdict on this indictment is plainly to be interpreted as their statement that they were not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that any particular named defendant held the gun, but that they were convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that some one of the three defendants did hold the gun.

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