McDonnell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff in error was convicted of a violation of the provisions of section 5480 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff in error was convicted of a violation of the provisions of section 5480 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3696]. The evidence was that he had sent out through the mails to various persons in the state of California letters such as the following, which was sent to Clav A. Straley: “Dear sir: I enclose a pawn ticket that is sent you by the way of restitution. The sender is at the point of death as the result of an accident. He wishes me to say he once stole some money from…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, Circuit Judge
The indictment charged that the plaintiff in error fraudulently intended to cause Clay A. Straley to pay him the sum of $12.50 in exchange for a locket of far less value than the sum of $12.50. The court instructed the jury that the plaintiff in error could not be convicted upon this charge unless the evidence satisfied the jury beyond all reasonable doubt that the locket referred to in the indictment was of far less value than the sum of $12.50. The assignments of error are that the court failed to instruct the jury to acquit the plaintiff in error, that the evidence was insufficient to…
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