James E. Little v. United States

RIDGE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted on eight (8) of the ten (10) counts of an indictment duly returned, charging violations of Section 17(a) of the “Securities Act of 1933.” 1 15 U.S.C.A. § 77q(a). He appeals from concurrent sentences imposed therefor. Two counts of the indictment were dismissed by the Government before their submission to the jury.

The primary issue raised and to be resolved in this timely appeal relates to the “use of the mails, directly or indirectly” to bring appellant’s violations of the Securities Act, supra, as a crime within federal jurisdiction. As that issue…