United States v. Walter E. Herr and William O. Gillentine

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Walter E. Herr and William O. Gillentine, defendants, have appealed from judgments of the district court adjudicating defendants guilty, on the verdicts of a jury, of the fraudulent sale of securities by mail, in violation of 15 U.S.C.A. § 77 q(a) and 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341, 1 and sentencing defendants to terms of two years as to Herr and three years as to Gillentine.

American Sales Training Research Associates, Inc. (herein referred to as ASTRA), an Illinois corporation, was formed on November 7, 1959, by Gillentine and two other persons. Defendant Herr became…