Preeman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District’Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Abram H. Preeman and others were convicted under an indictment charging under Criminal Code, § 37, a conspiracy to violate section 215 and a violation of section 215, and bring error.
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In Error to the District’Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Abram H. Preeman and others were convicted under an indictment charging under Criminal Code, § 37, a conspiracy to violate section 215 and a violation of section 215, and bring error. An indictment of 35 counts was returned against plaintiffs in error (hereinafter called defendants). Demurrers were overruled, and after a long trial a general verdict of guilty was found against all. Motions for new trial and In arrest being denied, .judgments were entered, and the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtAlschuler, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
[1] i. It is urged that the indictment is defective in failing to set out the contract above referred to, or to set out that such contract was entered into. The case of Hurst v. State, 39 Tex. Cr. R. 196, 45 S. W. 573, and others are cited to sustain the contention. But they are cases where the defendants were charged with the offense of obtaining property through some fraudulent scheme or pretense. This indict*8ment charges defendants with using the mails in execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud which they had devised; the conspiracy counts charging a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Durland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Fitzpatrick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Stokes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Wilson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- Bettman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Cochran v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
- Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924
- Bogy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1938
- George Beck v. The United States of America, David R. Tuthill v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
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