Stern v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
The defendants were indicted under section 215 of the Criminal Code for devising, under the name of the Reliable Brokerage Company, a scheme to defraud, in the execution of which they used the United States mails. The indictment contained four counts, in each of which a person defrauded or to he defrauded wps named.
[1, 2] The defendants object that they could be tried only on three counts for offenses committed within the same six calendar months and that the government was bound to prove that an intention to use the mails was a part of the original scheme to defraud.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. . PeckensNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- People v. . MarrinNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- United States v. StaplesDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1890
3Cited by8 opinions
- Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- United States v. PlevaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Worthington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1933
- United States v. SilvermanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
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