United States v. Young
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. The facts, which involve the construction of §.215 of the Criminal Code, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
delivered • the opinion of the court.
Indictment under § 215 of the Criminal Code charging ■the use of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. It consists of two counts t'o which demurrer was filed, which, in specific objections, challenged the sufficiency of the indictment. The demurrer was sustained and judgment entered quashing the indictment. The charges of the indictment, condensed, are as follows:
On the fifth of May, 1911, within the County of Mobile and the jurisdiction of the court, defendant devised a scheme and artifice to defraud various banks, persons and corporations,…
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