Byron v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Frror to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Charles E. Wolverton, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Carlos F. Byron. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
Byron and Alley were indicted jointly for having devised a scheme to defraud and used the mails in furtherance of the scheme, in violation of section 215 of the Penal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1130 [Comp. St. § 10385]). Alley was not apprehended, but Byron was tried and convicted under the five counts included within the indictment. He brought writ of error.
The scheme charged was as follows: The defendants, for the purpose of defrauding certain persons named and others unknown, and the public generally, called “victims,” would fraudulently represent that…
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