Legal Opinion
Clark v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 26, 1953No. 11693PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction in a criminal case, 108 F.Supp. 388. Appellant was indicted for placing in the mails letters for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud. 1 The indictment alleged that in 1941 appellant devised a scheme to defraud one Ruth Dixon by falsely pretending that if she would deliver certain money to him he would invest it for her benefit. It further alleged that it was the intention of the appellant at the time not to invest the money but fraudulently to convert it to his own use. The indictment contained four counts…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Kann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Preeman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1917
- Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
- United States v. RiedelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. SampsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. K. C. Edwards, A/K/A Kermit EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Finley McAdoo PainterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. PilnickDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Felix Twidwell Adams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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