Richardson v. United States

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Walter Richardson and Walter Richardson, Jr., hereinafter called Richardson, Sr., and Richardson, Jr., were convicted on- two counts of an indictment charging violation of the mail fraud statute, Title 18, U.S.C., § 338, 18 U.S.C.A. § 338. In this court they attack the validity of the indictment, contend that the verdict should have been directed in their favor on all counts of the indictment, and assert that the court erred in refusing certain special requests and that the trial was unfair.

The indictment charged in substance that the appellants, who are…