Allen v. United States

POPE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, together with one Keane and one Grismer, were charged with devising and putting into execution a scheme to defraud purchasers and prospective pur chasers of stock of two Idaho corporations, —the Lucky Friday Extension Mining Company, for brevity referred to as “Extension”, and Pilot Silver-Lead Mines, Inc., here called “Pilot”.

The alleged false and fraudulent pre-tences, representations and promises were found principally in the allegation that the scheme devised was “that defendants would and did cause these corporations to sell ■ stock to investors upon…