Is an indictment charging the accused with conspiracy to commit the crime of subornation of perjury sufficient?
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The following excerpt is from Houston v. United States, 217 F. 852 (9th Cir. 1914):
In Williamson v. United States, 207 U.S. 425, 28 Sup.Ct. 163, 52 L.Ed. 278, it was held that an indictment charging the accused with a conspiracy to commit the crime of subornation of perjury in proceedings for the purchase of public lands was sufficient, although the precise persons to be suborned and the elements essential to the commission of the crimes were not particularized.
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