United States v. McCann

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, after indictment charging crimes under sections 215- and 37 of the United States Criminal Code (18 USCA §§ 88, 338). A scheme to defraud and the use of the mails in furtherance thereof was established hy the proof of a so-called' “front money game.” The appellants for more than three years represented, and held' themselves out to corporations in search of additional capital as experts in the sale of stock, and by fraudulent and false representations they obtained contracts of employment. In letters and hy verbal statements…