Sunderland v. United States

BOOTH, Circuit Judge.

There are here three writs of error to a judgment of conviction of plaintiffs in error under an indictment charging them and a number of other defendants with violations of section 215 and 37 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. §§ 10201, 10385). The three writs of error are based upon a common record, and the questions involved are largely the same in each ease. They will therefore be considered together, except where separate treatment is necessary of questions relating to a particular case.

The indictment contained 11 counts. Each of the first 10 charged a scheme to defraud…