Hyde v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of South Dakota. Charles L. Hyde was convicted of using the mails to defraud, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This writ presents two questions, the' sufficiency of the indictment and the validity of the sentence of the defendant below for three offenses of misusing the post office establishment of the United States in executing a scheme to defraud; in violation of section 5480, Rev.-St. (3 U. S. Comp. St. Í901, p. 3696). The complaint of the indictment is that it does not set forth the necessary elements of the scheme to defraud. The indictment contained three counts, but the scheme to defraud was, avérred in the same words in each count. The first count alone will therefore be…
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