Edwards v. United States

BRATTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted on eleven counts. The first five each charged a distinct violation of the Securities Act, as amended, 48 Stat. 74, 48 Stat. 881, 15 U.S.C.A. § 77a et seq.; the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth each charged a separate use of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud; and the eleventh charged a conspiracy to violate the provisions of the Securities Act and the mail fraud statute. A plea in bar was interposed on the ground that in response to a subpoena duces tecum appellant appeared before an officer of the Securities and Exchange…