Legal Opinion

Sasser v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 7, 1928No. 5236PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This was a prosecution upon an indictment against the defendants Manley, Sasser, Baker, Adams, and Russell, which charged those defendants with using the mails for the purpose of executing a scheme for obtaining money from a large number of banks by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, in violation of section 215 of the Criminal Code (18 USCA § 338). The indictment was in 20 counts. The scheme was set out in detail in the first count, and adopted by reference in all the other counts; the only material difference between the counts being…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McElroy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Davis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1926
  3. Bailey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1925
  4. Weiderman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
  5. Seiden v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
  2. Bogy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1938
  3. Gottfried William Kreuter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  4. Butler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
  5. Foshay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933

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