United States v. Moist

This is an indictment under § 215 of the Criminal Code of Marché, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1130, for placing a letter in the post-office for delivery by the post-office establishment for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud. The scheme alleged was to send out puzzle pictures, advertising as a prize for the neatest correct answer a credit order for $350 on a certain piano, one for $300 for the next neatest, and others for $200 for correct answers. Persons answering were to be told that- they were entitled, for instance, to an order for $200 on a-piano sold the world over for $300, which…