Watlington v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. W. H. Watlington was convicted of using the mails in aid of a scheme to defraud, and he. brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
Watlington was convicted of using the mails in aid of a scheme to defraud. Section 215, Penal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1130 [Comp. St. 1913, § 10385]). Briefly stated, the scheme set forth in- the indictment was the organization of a mortgage loan corporation and the sale of stock thereof with intent to convert to his own use and embezzle the assets of the company, including the proceeds of the stock sold.
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