John Milton Phillips, Jr., Jack Cecil Cherbo and Richard Dale Walker v. United States

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is a mail fraud and conspiracy case involving asserted violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 371 (1958). The final form of the indictment contains fifteen counts charging mail fraud and one count charging conspiracy. Seven defendants were named in each count, namely: John Milton Phillips, Jr., Jack Cecil Cherbo, Richard Dale Walker, Maurice Arthur Hall, George Edward Isaacs, David Frank Koolish and Abraham Leonard Koolish. The named defendants were jointly tried before a jury. Phillips, Cherbo and Walker were convicted on all counts and join in this appeal. The other…