Richard G. Bailey, Norman R. Eggimann, Laurel MacY v. United States

MERRILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, following indictment and jury trial, were found guilty, on 26 counts, of the crime of mail fraud. 18 U.S.C. § 1341. They have consolidated their appeals from judgment of conviction and have assigned error in nine respects.

Appellants were among eight persons originally indicted in connection with the fraudulent scheme here involved. Three of those persons pleaded guilty. Two others were acquitted by court order during the course 1 of trial. These three appellants remain. Appellant Bailey received a four-year sentence. Appellants Eggimann and Macy received…