Riddle v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama; William I. Grubb, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against D. H. Riddle, W. O. Wooten, S. E.' Graham, and T. A. St. John. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in error were indicted, with three other persons, for sending letters through'the United States mails to defraud and for a conspiracy to so use the mails. The indictment originally contained seven counts. Counts 1 and 3 were stricken on demurrer. Counts 6 and 7 were withdrawn from the consideration of the jury, and the case was submitted on counts 2, 4, and 5. All of the *217defendants were convicted. A motion for a new trial was overruled by the court. Three of the defendants acquiesced in the judgment of conviction. The plaintiffs in error prosecute this writ…
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