Chambers v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; John C. Pollock, Judge. Edward C. Chambers and Ernest L,. Russell were convicted of devising a scheme to defraud and intending to carry it out by using the mails, and they severally bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Edward C. Chambers and Ernest R. Russell were indicted for devising a scheme to defraud, intending to execute it by means of correspondence through the post office department of the United States, and for executing that scheme by means of such correspondence through that department. They were tried, convicted, and sentenced, and these writs of error were sued out to challenge the legality of the proceedings at the trial.
The scheme alleged was to-sell small tracts of land of from 10 to 80 acres each, which were under water and incapable of cultivation, to each of many…
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