Pereira v. United States

202 F.2d 830

PEREIRA et al.

v.

UNITED STATES.

No. 14980.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 11, 1953.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1953.

COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED W. H. Fryer and Coyne Milstead, El Paso, Tex., for appellant.

Holvey Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., Charles F. Herring, U. S. Atty., Austin, Tex., Francis C. Broaddus, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and RIVES, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

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The indictment charged the defendants with nine violations of the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341, a…