Levey v. United States

HANEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were convicted under an indictment charging use of the mails to defraud and a conspiracy, and have appealed.

The statute alleged to be violated is 18 U.S.C.A. § 338, which provides in part: “Whoever, having devised * * * any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange * * * for unlawful use any * * * security * * * of any State * * * municipality * * * corporation * * * shall, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice *…