United States v. Robert C. Reid

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Reid appeals from a conviction on three counts of mail fraud 1 after a nonjury trial before Judge Richey of the United States District Court. Originally charged in an eleven-count indictment, appellant was acquitted on six mail fraud counts by the trial judge, and the two embezzlement counts 2 were ordered dismissed by the court during trial. 3 Principally pressed on this appeal is the argument that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the charge that defendant Reid devised a scheme and artifice to defraud by knowingly approving false and inflated billings.

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