Richard Hatfield Nickles v. United States

SETH, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was charged in a multiple count indictment for violations of §§ 371 and 1341 of Title 18 United States Code for mail fraud and conspiracy. He was tried before a jury which returned a verdict of guilty, and this appeal has been taken. The appellant urges three principal points on appeal, each of which assert that the trial court was in error in failing to direct a verdict of not guilty, and in addition one of the points relates to the refusal of the trial court to grant appellant’s motion for a new trial.

The record shows that appellant and others were engaged…