Chew v. United States

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error, hereafter called defendant, and several others, were indicted in 10 counts under section 215 of the Penal Code (Comp. St. § 10385) for making use of the United States mails in execution of a scheme to obtain money or property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, and also, in an eleventh count, under section 37 of the Penal Code (Comp. St. § 1020.1) for conspiracy to commit tho same substantive offenses. The government dismissed as to counts 2, 3, and 7. Defendant was found guilty on counts 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and…