United States v. Mellon

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were tried, convicted, and sentenced on each of two counts in an indictment. They were . charged in the first count with having made false statements, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 80, in an application for a loan insured under the provisions of title 1, section 2, of the National Housing Act, as amended, 12 U. S.C.A. § 1703; and in the second with having conspired so to do-in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 88.

There was evidence which justified the jury in finding that the appellant Mellon, under the fictitious name of Albert B. Underwood, applied to the…