It provided the same penalties for conspiracy to violate the provisions of certain counterfeiting laws, as are applicable in the case of conviction for the specific violations. The punishment provision of said section 294 of title 18 was considered for inclusion in this revised section. Keogh dated January 27, 1944, stresses the inadequacy of the 2-year sentence prescribed by existing law in cases where the object of the conspiracy is the commission of a very serious offense. John Paul, United States district judge for the western district of Virginia, in a letter addressed to Congressman Eugene J. Moscowitz, United States district judge for the eastern district of New York, in an address delivered March 14, 1944, before the section on Federal Practice of the New York Bar Association, reported in 3 Federal Rules Decisions, pages 380–392. The injustice of permitting a felony punishment on conviction for conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor is described by the late Hon.
If the object is a misdemeanor, the maximum imprisonment for a conspiracy to commit that offense, under the revised section, cannot exceed 1 year. The punishment provision is completely rewritten to increase the penalty from 2 years to 5 years except where the object of the conspiracy is a misdemeanor. 137, and definitions of department and agency in section 6 of this title.) 1112, where court said: “The statute is broad enough in its terms to include any conspiracy for the purpose of impairing, obstructing, or defeating the lawful functions of any department of government.” Also, see United States v. To reflect the construction placed upon said section 88 by the courts the words “or any agency thereof” were inserted. This section consolidates said sections 88 and 294 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed.
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