Legal Opinion
Silkworth v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 1, 1926No. 124PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The indictment charges, in 14 counts, violations of section 215 of the United States Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10385). The charging phrase of the first count is reiterated without repetition in each of the remaining counts of the indictment. Only the mailing matters set forth in each of the counts is different.
The charging phrase outlines devising 'or intending to devise a scheme or artifice to defraud. It may properly be classed in two charges of a scheme or artifice to defraud as follows:(1) It was a further part of such scheme and artifice so devised and intended to…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Nash v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Elliott v. Lessee of PeirsolSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
- Goto v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Chadwick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- United States v. GottfriedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- United States v. Billy Edward Davis, Sr., and Dennis Bates FletcherCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Thomas E. JoyceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Little v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
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