Sherwin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas; Benjamin F. Bledsoe, Judge. Charles Sherwin and another were convicted of using the mail for the purpose of executing an alleged scheme to defraud, and for conspiracy to commit that offense (United States v. Lee, 290 Fed. 517), and bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in error (herein called defendants) were convicted on all of the six counts of the indictment, which was found in March, 1923. Five of those counts charged violations of section 215 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10385), by using the United Stales mail for the purpose of executing an alleged scheme to defraud, and the remaining count charged a violation of section 37 of that Code (Comp. St. §■ 10201), by conspiring to commit the offenses charged in the other counts. The assignments of errors are based upon the overruling of demurrers to the indictment…
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