Joseph P. Bradley, United States v. Buzzo — Opinion of the Court
“ As in this case the intent is the essence of the crime, [1] and is not found, no judgment can be entered on the verdict, whether the facts disclosed therein required a stamp to be affixed to the draft or not. To decide the question proposed, therefore, would avail nothing. An imperfect verdict, or one on which no judgment can be rendered, must be set aside, and a venire de novo awarded. [2] The case must therefore be dismissed. ”
