United States v. Sampson

The appellees were indicted in a United States District Court on charges that they had used the mails “for the purpose of executing” a fraudulent scheme in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 13411 and that they had conspired to so use the mails.2 It is clear that the allegations, if proved, would show that a fraudulent scheme existed and that the mailings charged in fact occurred. The District Court dismissed 34 of the counts, however, on the ground that the facts alleged' showed that the mails were not used “for the purpose of executing” the alleged scheme, as required by the statute. The court also…