McLendon v. United States

WALTER H. SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The defendant below was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for a violation of section 215 of the Penal Code (Comp. St. § 10385), by sending through the mails of the United States to one E. A. Miner letters and the registration certificate of the bird dog Ty Ben’s Jake, that was dead, whereby he was alleged to have deceived and defrauded Mr. Miner into purchasing from him and paying him $175 for an unregistered dog that the defendant delivered to him, and which Mr. Miner was led to believe was the living registered dog…