United States v. Cotter

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Seven defendants were indicted for using the mails in the fraudulent sale of mining stock. There were twenty-four eounts, one for the posting of each of twenty-four letters in pursuance of a single scheme, and a twenty-fifth count for conspiracy. Of the seven indieted the jury acquitted one, Schirp-, disagreed as to another, George Ewald, and found guilty the appellants Cotter and Mit-terleehner and their corporation. Two others, Bins and Louis Ewald, were not put to trial. As Mitterleehner failed to complete his bill of exceptions, and as the indictment is good in…