Sheridan v. United States

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

Joseph P. Sheridan, Charles Sherwin, William M. Fidroeff and Harry W. Arnold were indicted for violating § 215 of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 338. The indictment was in ten counts. Counts 1 and 2 charged that, having devised a scheme to defraud, 2 defendants, for the purpose of executing the scheme, placed in post offices of the United States,1 *3 to be sent and delivered by the post office establishment, two letters described in those counts. Counts 3 to 10, inclusive, charged that, for the purpose of executing the scheme, defendants knowingly caused to be delivered…