Legal Opinion
Little v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1934No. 1102PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted of using the mails in execution of a scheme for obtaining money by false pretenses and promises. The scheme alleged was substantially this: That defend ant organized an unincorporated association called “Arriba Gold Fields, Ltd.”; its authorized capital was twenty-five million shares of a par value of one dollar each. The defendant was the principal trustee. Defendant had an option to purchase 158 gold placer mining claims in New Mexico, which he proposed to transfer to the trust in consideration of $5,-000 cash to the then owner — the purchase…
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