Coleman v. United States

LEE, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were tried under an indictment containing ten counts, each of which charged the mailing of a particular letter in furtherance of a scheme to defraud in violation of Section 338, Title 18 U.S.C.A. The jury found both guilty on all counts except Count 6, upon which, by agreement, a directed verdict of not guilty was returned.

In 1932, appellants, Negroes, husband and wife, became interested in the care of unfortunate and underprivileged Negro children in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. In 1933, they published in a local papef a letter dealing with the need for an…