United States v. Sanders, J 60 C 12.

Decision Date04 April 1961
Docket NumberNo. J 60 C 12.,J 60 C 12.
Citation194 F. Supp. 955
PartiesUNITED STATES of America v. Lawrence Elmo SANDERS.
CourtU.S. District Court — Eastern District of Arkansas

James W. Gallman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiff.

W. Slater Hollis, West Memphis, Ark., for defendant.

YOUNG, District Judge.

This cause came on for consideration by the court upon the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, with exhibits and affidavits, from all of which the court finds:

Findings of Fact.

1. The defendant was duly served in the manner required by law and filed herein an answer in the nature of general denial of the allegations in the complaint.

2. The defendant, during the year 1957 and subsequently, did business as L. E. Sanders and Company in West Memphis, Crittenden County, Arkansas, and obtained a sub-contract from Wallin-Dickey and Rich Lumber Company to perform roofing and sheetmetal work in its construction of a National Guard Armory at West Memphis, Arkansas, under Contract No. DA03-055-NG-148, the cost of construction of which was to be paid jointly by the plaintiff to the extent of 75 percent and the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, to the extent of 25 percent.

3. The defendant was required to submit weekly payrolls for the work performed on the Armory building on the basis of which the general contractor would claim payment from the plaintiff for the percentage of work completed on the project.

4. On November 8, 1957, defendant submitted to plaintiff a false payroll for L. E. Sanders and Company for the week ending November 8, 1957, which payroll was false in that it purported to show that certain employees received $1.40 per hour for labor on the Armory when in truth and fact such persons received only $1 per hour.

5. On January 7, 1958, defendant submitted to plaintiff a false payroll for L. E. Sanders and Company for the week ending January 7, 1958, which payroll was false in that it purported to show that certain employees received $1.40 per hour for labor on the Armory when in truth and fact such persons received only $1 per hour.

6. On May 19, 1958, defendant entered a plea of guilty in Criminal Action 16322, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, to an Information charging in two counts the making and presenting of the payrolls described in the two preceding paragraphs hereof which were characterized in such Information as violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001, and upon such...

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