United States v. Schwarz
District Court, N.D. California
W. E. Schwarz and another were indicted for using the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. On demurrer to the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
DOOLING, District Judge.
Defendants have been indicted on the charge of using the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. The scheme set out is that defendants should, for the purpose of inducing certain persons to buy Tobin Park real estate and pay defendants therefor, falsely represent, publish, advertise, and declare that Tobin Park property is town property; that Tobin Park is immediately adjacent to San Francisco, and only a 25-minute trip from the civic center thereof; that the lots in Tobin Park are worth from $150 to $200 apiece; that there are streets, curbs, sidewalks, houses,…
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