Dillon v. United States

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

Sidney J. Dillon and Lewis E. Crowley were indicted upon ten counts (1-10) for violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 338 (the mail fraud statute) and upon two counts (11 and 12) for violation of 15 U.S.C.A. § 77q (a) (2) (the Securities Act of 1933 as amended). They each pleaded nolo contendere to two counts (one and twelve) and were thereupon sentenced: Dillon to five years’ imprisonment on each of the two counts, to run concurrently, and a thousand dollar fine; and Crowley to three years’ imprisonment on each of the counts, to run concurrently, and a thousand dollar fine. They…