William Estep v. United States

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Tried and convicted on nine counts of a ten count indictment, charging in four of them violations of the Mail Fraud Statute, 18 U.S.C., § 1341, and, in five, of the Securities Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 77e(a) (1) and (2) and 77q (a), and sentenced to imprisonment for five years and to pay a fine of $2000, defendant has appealed.

Putting forward four specifications of error, 1 appellant is here insisting that the judgment of conviction may not stand. For the reasons hereafter set forth as to each, we are of the clear opinion that none of the specifications are…