United States v. Reiburn

The questions raised by this appeal are: (1) the adequacy of the proof of mailing of the three “count letters”; (2) the means by which the prosecution obtained possession of the second “count letter”; (3) the admission of evidence against Reiburn of defrauding a person other than the victim named in the indictment; (4) the judge’s failure to instruct the jury to make no inference against the accused because they did not testify.

The proof of mailing the first “count letter” was that the victim of the fraud signed it and delivered it to the accused who had dictated its terms for her. The…