Shea v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio; John M. Killits, Judge. John J. Shea and others were convicted for conspiracy to use the United States mails in pursuance of a scheme to defraud, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in error complain of their conviction upon indictment, under section 37 of the Criminal Code of the United States, for conspiracy to use the United States mails in pursuance of a scheme to defraud, condemned by section 213 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. 1913, § 10383).
On the trial the following facts appeared without dispute:
On August 14, 15, and 16, 1914, there was published in a Detroit newspaper the following notice:
“Gentleman will invest from $30,000 to $50,000 in modern fertile farm; must be unincumbered. State size and acreage and full particulars in…
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