Legal Opinion
Safford v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 15, 1918Published
1Opinion of the Court
Ward, Circuit Judge:
This is one of a series of litigations arising out of a charge made by Rae Tanzer that she had been'seduced under a promise of marriage by James W. Osborne.
March 16, 1915, she began a civil suit against him for breach of promise of marriage for damages in the sum of $50,000.
March 19 James W. Osborne caused a warrant to be issued against Rae Tanzer charging her, under section 215, United States Criminal Code, with using the United States mails to execute a scheme to defraud.
Two sisters of Rae Tanzer testified at the hearing before the commissioner that James W. Osborne…
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