Legal Opinion

Joseph A. Peel, Jr., John Joseph Crane, Robert Bernard Sills, Robert Zane and Herbert Gilmore v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 15, 1963No. 20003PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

These are separate appeals on behalf of the five appellants who were tried and convicted in the Southern District of Florida for violating the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C.A. § 77q(a), the Mail Fraud Statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341, and the conspiracy provisions of the criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 371. A sixth alleged conspirator, Holzapfel, named in the indictment, was granted a continuance and severance for trial. Certain counts of the indictment and certain overt acts of the conspiracy count were dismissed on motion of the Government prior…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  3. Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  4. United States v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Carlos Garza De Luna v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. United States v. Roy B. Kelly, Cecil v. Hagen and Milton J. ShuckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
  2. United States v. Cecil Dwayne Evans, Arnold Gene Tate, and Charles Edward Gent, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. Donald R. Elbel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  4. J. W. Williamson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  5. Robert Harry Davis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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