Waller v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. Clarence C. Waller was convicted of a criminal offense, and brings •error.
1Opinion of the Court
AMIDON, District Judge.
The defendant was convicted under an indictment which charged the using of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud in violation of section 5480, Rev. St. (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3696), and the crime of conspiring to commit an offense against the United States, in violation of section 5440 (page 3676). The indictment was, therefore, subject to attack for duplicity. The defendant asked leave to withdraw his plea of not guilty for the purpose of interposing this objection, which the court denied, and this rul*811ing is assigned as error. The defendant was once before…
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