Legal Opinion
David Johnstone Scott v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1959No. 17150_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Appellant, defendant below, and King C. Bard were charged by indictment with having, in the Atlanta Division of the Northern District of Georgia, devised a scheme and artifice to defraud purchasers of Telex Hospital radios and to obtain money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises, well knowing at the time they were made that they were false, and with using the mails to defraud for the purpose of executing said scheme and artifice in violation of See. 1341, Title 18 U.S.C.
On September 23, 1958, the defendant Scott pleaded…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Billy Joe Helton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Farwell v. Colonial Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
- Gold v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
- Telex, Inc. v. Henry A. SchaeferCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. Oscar E. HydeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Lewis F. Shelton, James Darrough, John Derry, Donald Burks, and Carl BledsoeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Smith F. Brandom, Jr., Kenneth Belling and Michael Gilboy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Robert Henry Landsdown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- D. H. Roe and Stratoray Oil, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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