United States v. Bergland

GRUBB, District Judge.

The defendants in this action are charged in a three-count indictment with violations of Sections 2, 371, 1084, and 1952 of Title 18 U.S.C.A.

Briefly, the first count charges that the defendants conspired and agreed upon a scheme whereby they would use a telephone in interstate commerce to promote a gambling enterprise which involved the placing of bets on horse races.

Section 1084, Title 18 U.S.C.A., provides in pertinent part as follows:

“(a) Whoever being engaged in the business of betting or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in…