United States v. Main

ALLRED, District Judge.

The indictment in this case is in seven counts. The first six are substantive counts charging violations of the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 338. The seventh count charges a conspiracy (18 U.S.C.A. § 88) to violate Section 338 of 18 U.S.C.A.

Various pleas and motions to quash have been presented and orally argued before the Court. They may be grouped and discussed as follows:

First Ground

Counts 1, 2 and 3, charging substantive violátions of the mail fraud statute, set out in haec verba letters dated June 19, 1935, June 25, 1935, and July 25, 1935, respectively, the…