The following excerpt is from United States v. Abrams, 427 F.2d 86 (2nd Cir. 1970):
The trial court's charge, which included an instruction to the effect that appellant must be found, beyond a reasonable doubt, to have acted, "corruptly," defined as "with improper motive, a bad and evil purpose," was adequate to apprise the jury that appellant could not be convicted for attempting to obtain what he believed to be a true statement. There is no basis for a finding of reversible error. See United States v. Indiviglio, 352 F.2d 276 (2d Cir. 1965) (en banc), cert. denied, 383 U.S. 907, 86 S.Ct. 887, 15 L.Ed.2d 663 (1966).
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