United States v. William Netterville, Gerald L. Thatcher, Robert Douglas Watkins, and Donald Byrd Chambers

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This criminal case involves a 13-count conspiracy indictment against several defendants charging violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, 1 relative to use of the United States mails to defraud. The present appellants, Robert Douglas Watkins, Donald Byrd Chambers, Gerald Thatcher and William Netterville, and others, were charged in the indictment with use of the mails in the execution of a scheme to defraud and obtain money by means of false pretenses from persons induced to purchase oil products dealerships. The jury returned verdicts of guilty on at least some counts against…