United States v. Hall
District Court, S.D. New York
This was an indictment against William R. Hall ior embezzling a letter from the mails. The case was heard on a motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
A motion is made in arrest of judgment and for a new trial after a verdict of guilty found upon trial of the defendant on an indictment containing three counts, under section 5467 of the Revised Statutes, for embezzling a letter from the mail and stealing its contents.
The evidence showed that the Government detectives prepared a special delivery letter designed as a test or decoy letter, containing marked bills, and delivered it bearing a special delivery stamp to the night clerk in charge of Branch Station F, of the Post Office in this City. The defendant was not a…
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