Hill v. United States

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Edwin R. Hill, a lawyer, and Jasper F. Anderson, a physician, were convicted of using the mails for the purpose of executing a seheme to defraud, in violation of 18 USCA § 338. The seheme alleged in the indictment was to collect damages from a railroad company in the names of Kierbow and Hunnicutt by falsely representing that on August 14, 1933, they were passengers on one of its trains which was in fact wrecked,* and that they were injured in the wreck. Hill, who alone appeals, contends in support of his assignments of error that the trial court erred' (1) in refusing to…