Legal Opinion
Van Riper v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 27, 1926No. 401-403, 405, 406PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHand, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). We can see no reason to say that there were involved in this ease two separate schemes to defraud'. Such a scheme, when shared among several, becomes a conspiracy, so that in fact the conspiracy count adds nothing of substance to the charge, except as it relieves the prosecution of the necessity of showing the connection of all the defendants to be charged at the date of the posting of the letters laid in the indictment. The same rules which govern the trial of conspiracies are therefore applicable to such trials. Hence, if the conspiracy was continuous,…
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3Cited by124 opinions
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