New England Enterprises, Inc. v. United States

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are a New Hampshire corporation, New England Enterprises, Inc. (New England), two of its officers and three of its sales managers. Together with defendant Interstate Engineering Corporation (Interstate), not a party to this appeal, they were convicted under the federal Mail Fraud Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. They claim error in the trial below in the following respects: that the district court failed to apprise the defendants of the nature of the case against them; that the jury impaneling practice followed by the court was contrary to Fed.R.Crim.P. 24(b); and that…