United States v. Jones

Benedict, D. J.

The accused was tried upon an information framed under section 5480 of the Revised Statutes. Having been convicted he now moves for a new trial. One ground of the application is that the evidence failed to make out an offence such as is described in section 5480. The evidence was, and the jury under *470the charge must have found, that the accused devised a scheme to put counterfeit money in circulation by sending through the mail to one Bates a letter calculated to induce Bates to purchase counterfeit money at a low price, for the purpose of putting it off as good. The evidence…