Legal Opinion
Naponiello v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 14, 1923No. 3048PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in error were convicted of having committed offenses against the United States. By motions for directed verdict and in arrest of judgment they raised the issue that the facts presented and proved were not in violation of any national statute.
All the counts except the last charged that defendants in violation of section 215 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10385), used the mails to promote a “scheme to defraud” by sending “black-hand letters,” which conveyed “threats to each of said persons that, unless he would deliver to defendants a large sum of money,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Wilson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1911
- Foster v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
- Horman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902
- Grey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1909
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Norton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- United States v. ZalewskiDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1939
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