Gould v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. John Gould and others were convicted of misuse of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
Gould, Wright and White were convicted and sentenced for a violation of section 215 of the Criminal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1130 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1653]), which so far as is material to the present case reads as follows:
‘See. 215. Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, * * * shall, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, place, or cause to be placed, any…
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