Edgerton v. United States

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court in which the defendants, J. Howard Edgerton and Clifford W. Twombly, were convicted of using the mails to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 338. They have brought separate appeals to this court.

Appellants and five other persons were jointly charged by indictment on fifteen counts with devising a scheme and using the mails to obtain money and property from the investors in a building and loan association which was organized and conducted business under the laws of the State of California. The general nature of…