Legal Opinion

Williams v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 20, 1937No. 8252PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were indicted with five other persons on mail fraud charges. The first ten counts of the indictment alleged the devising of a scheme and artifice to defraud and the use of the United States mails for the purpose of executing such scheme, in violation of section 215 of the Federal Penal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 338. The eleventh count charged a conspiracy to do the acts set forth in the first ten counts, all in violation of section 37 of the Penal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 88.

The appellants interposed demurrers, both of which were overruled. Requests for a bill of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Hicks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Minner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1932
  4. Adler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1910
  5. People v. BoggessCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Billeci v. United States. Lewis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
  2. United States v. MarzanoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  3. Gomila v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
  4. United States v. BrandtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
  5. State v. CoruzziNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1983

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