`` There is more to the conspiracy.

These voters view the political process as a secret conspiracy, the object of which is to plunder them ''.

Attorney Dwight L. Schwab, in behalf of defendant Philip Weinstein, argued there is no evidence linking Weinstein to the conspiracy, but Judge Powell declared this is a matter for the jury to decide.

Schwab also declared there is no proof of Weinstein's entering a conspiracy to use the U.S. mails to defraud, to which federal prosecutor A. Lawrence Burbank replied:

`` It is not necessary that a defendant actually have conpired to use the U.S. mails to defraud as long as there is evidence of a conspiracy, and the mails were then used to carry it out ''.

The charge that the federal indictment of three Chicago narcotics detail detectives `` is the product of rumor, combined with malice, and individual enmity '' on the part of the federal narcotics unit here was made yesterday in their conspiracy trial before Judge Joseph Sam Perry in federal District court.

The recent publicity attending the successful federal prosecution of a conspiracy indictment against a number of electrical manufacturers has evoked a new respect for the anti-trust laws that is justified neither by their rationale nor by the results they have obtained.

Under the circumstances, the only protection for the relatively small manufacturers is to engage in exactly the kind of conspiracy with the giants for which the latter were convicted.

A secret conspiracy of manufacturers is hardly such a vehicle.

`` Of course, I agree with the Captain '', Gansevoort said thoughtfully, `` but the conspiracy is ferocious and desperate.

* 1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit the Tate / LaBianca murders.

Bootstrapping is a rule preventing the admission of hearsay evidence in conspiracy cases.

It is sometimes used humorously to dispel cabal-like organizational conspiracy theories, or as an ironic statement, indicating one who knows the existence of " the cabal " will invariably deny there is one.

The term " conspiracy theory " is used to indicate a narrative genre that includes a broad selection of ( not necessarily related ) arguments for the existence of grand conspiracies.

A proven conspiracy theory, such as the notion that Nixon and his aides were behind the Watergate break-in and cover-up, is usually referred to as something else, such as investigative journalism or historical analysis.

The political scientist Michael Barkun discussing the usage of this term in contemporary American culture holds that a conspiracy theory is a belief which explains an event as the result of a secret plot by exceptionally powerful and cunning conspirators to achieve a malevolent end.

According to Barkun, the appeal of conspiracism is threefold: First, conspiracy theories claim to explain what institutional analysis cannot.

In an essay on conspiracy theories originating in the Middle East, Daniel Pipes notes that " ive assumptions distinguish the conspiracy theorist from more conventional patterns of thought: appearances deceive ; conspiracies drive history ; nothing is haphazard ; the enemy always gains ; power, fame, money, and sex account for all.

" But if conspiracies exist, they rarely move history ; they make a difference at the margins from time to time, but with the unforeseen consequences of a logic outside the control of their authors: and this is what is wrong with ' conspiracy theory.

In February 1991, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld Bakker's conviction on the fraud and conspiracy charges, but voided Bakker's 45-year sentence, as well as the $ 500, 000 fine, and ordered that a new sentencing hearing be held.

He was vicegerent of Octavian during the campaign that led to the battle of Actium, when, with great promptness and secrecy, he crushed the conspiracy of Lepidus the Younger ; during the subsequent absences of his chief in the provinces he again held the same position.

Lord Summerisle explains to Howie that he was lured to Summerisle by the islanders, who have been successful in a conspiracy to lead him to believe that a missing girl was being held captive, and confirms to him that last year's harvest failed disastrously.

He still held the aspiration of obtaining the consulship legitimately the next year, and the conspiracy involved the murder of the consul, Manlius Torquatus, who supported Catiline.

In 2009, Defence of the Realm, the authorised history of MI5 by Christopher Andrew, held that while MI5 kept a file on Wilson from 1945, when he became an MP – because communist civil servants claimed that he had similar political sympathies – there was no bugging of his home or office, and no conspiracy against him.

After his death, his second son held the land until his death in the Mowbray conspiracy of 1098, after which it passed to his eldest son, Robert de Bellesme, who also rebelled against the Crown in 1102 with the result that the lands were confiscated.

The rumours combined the elements of monarchy, class, wealth, politics, sexual innuendo, secrecy, conspiracy and allegations of serious crimes together with issues of constitutional law in a story which held an irresistible attraction for the press, especially when combined with a tabloid circulation war which was raging at the time.

A key feature of these interpretations is that Lewis is held to have kept his conspiracy theories hidden and marginalised.

The court held him in civil contempt, and imprisoned him on November 16, 2006, for contempt of court, with the days served for civil contempt not counting towards the days of imprisonment he had remaining on his guilty conspiracy plea.

In 1572, a conspiracy between Lord Phya Nakhon and the former abbot of Wat Maximavat, who held personal grudges against Setthathirath, led to the king's murder in the southern frontier of the country.

In early 1257, Aibek was killed in a conspiracy, and was succeeded by his 15-year-old son, al-Mansur Ali, while Saif ad-Din Qutuz held an influential position.

While being held in Israel, Eddie was charged with Federal racketeering conspiracy.

After the Catilinian conspiracy, Cato turned all his political skills to oppose the designs of Caesar and his triumvirate allies ( Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus ), who had among them held the reins of power in a finely balanced near-monopoly.

Falsely accused of being in league with the French and part of a conspiracy to free French prisoners of war held in Germany and to lead them in an attack from the rear, Bebel and Liebknecht were arrested for high treason, but no prosecution was possible for lack of evidence.

which held that Congress ' power to hold someone in contempt was essential to ensure that Congress was "... not exposed to every indignity and interruption that rudeness, caprice, or even conspiracy, may mediate against it.

Green was held for nine hours on suspicion of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office.

The pair were charged under Espionage Act of 1917 with " conspiracy to induce persons not to register ", and were held on $ 25, 000 bail each.

The French were assisted in a conspiracy of convenience by the leadership of the British Army, which disliked the funding implications of Chamberlain's " limited liability " doctrine that held that in the next war, British efforts were to be largely limited to the sea and air, army playing an ancillary role at best.

Bollman held that the constitutional definition of treason excluded mere conspiracy to levy war against the United States.

Another conspiracy theory and propaganda misrepresenting historical facts, developed under government sponsorship in those days held that all great civilizations — Chinese, Indian, Muslim, even ancient Egyptian and Etruscan — were of Turkish origin.

While discussions of her in mainstream press and publications have generally been kind, conspiracy theorists often depict the Paines in a negative light, attempting to connect them to various conspiracies going back generations since Michael Paine ’ s relatives and ancestors held important government and business positions.

Trials of leaders of the revolt for riot, conspiracy and robbery were held in 1845.

In 1987, Butler was among fourteen far right activists " indicted for seditious conspiracy " by the U. S. Department of Justice, and trial was held in federal court in Arkansas.

On April 25, 2011 after being questioned over alleged irregularities in the conduct of Queen's Baton Relay ( QBR ) held in London in 2009, CBI arrested Kalmadi under Sections 120 B and 420 ( criminal conspiracy and cheating ) of the Indian Penal Code in the Commonwealth Games Time Scoring Equipment scam.