St. Clair v. United States

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of conviction under section 215 of the Penal Code (18 USCA § 338), commonly known as the mail fraud statute. The indictment charged the devising of a scheme and artifice for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, in the usual form, and the mailing of certain letters for the purpose of executing the scheme and artifice. It also contained the usual conspiracy count, but as to this the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The facts material to a proper…