Norton v. United States

HEALY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted of the crime of using the mails to defraud. Criminal Code § 215 (18 U.S.C.A. § 338).

The appeal presents the question of the sufficiency of the indictment to state an offense under the statute. The sufficiency of the evidence is also challenged, but the latter point need not be determined.

For a proper understanding of the problem presented to this court it is essential to review the allegations of the indictment.

It is charged .that the appellant, Violet Wells Norton (and certain other parties who were later dismissed), devised “a scheme and…