Freeman v. United States

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction and sentence on nine counts of a ten count indictment, the first five charging use of the mails to defraud, the next four charging violations of the Securities Act § 17, 15 U.S.C.A. § 77q, the last charging a conspiracy to use the mails to defraud and to violate the securities act.

The first count set forth the scheme to defraud in detail. The others charged the scheme by reference to the first count, the reference thereto being sufficiently specific and definite. In charging the jury, the court referred to the description of the scheme as…