Legal Opinion

Wilson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided June 23, 1921No. 251PublishedCited by 29 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Nichols Field Wilson and others. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error. This canse comes here on writ of error to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. 'The plaintiffs in error are hereinafter referred to as defendants.

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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Nichols Field Wilson and others. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error. This canse comes here on writ of error to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. 'The plaintiffs in error are hereinafter referred to as defendants. The defendants and 14 others were indicted on June 1, 1917. The indictment contained 13 counts. It charged that the defendants had unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully devised and intended to…

1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge

(after stating the facts as above). The defendants have been convicted of using the United States mails in a scheme to defraud and of conspiring so to do.

There is uo bill of exceptions in the record. An application was made to this court on March 9, 1921, for permission to hie one. But the application had to be denied. A bill of exceptions must be tendered, signed, and filed within the time prescribed for making, tendering, and filing such bill or within that time the trial court must have extended the time, and the bill must then have been made and filed within the time so extended. Whether…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Durland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. United States v. RabinowichSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  5. Kirby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Cochran v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
  2. Wilkes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
  3. United States v. PopeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960
  4. Maresca v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
  5. Gridley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930

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