Since the indictment did not charge the formation of the conspiracy or agreement within that district, the court was without jurisdiction unless some act pursuant to the agreement or conspiracy took place there.

A conspiracy to commit a crime denounced by the District of Columbia Code or against the common law of the District is a conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States.

The venue of conspiracy may be laid wherever an overt act is committed, under this section making. the commission of an overt act necessary to the offense, as well as at common law, though some of the indicted defendants were never in that district.

[CITATION] Government regulation of business: cases from the National Reporter System

[CITATION] UCLA Law Review