United States v. McKay

MILLER, District Judge.

This matter is before me on the defendant’s demurrer to the indictment and his motion for a bill of particulars.

The indictment, consisting of two counts, charges the defendant with violations of Section 215 of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C. A. § 338, commonly referred to as the Mail Fraud Statute. It alleges in substance that on November 8, 1938, Frank D. Fitzgerald was elected Governer of the State of Michigan ; that in both his primary and general election campaigns the major part of the advertising in his behalf was handled and directed by Bass-Luckoff, Inc., a…