Legal Opinion
Wheaton v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1943No. 12371PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, upon his plea of not guilty to an indictment charging him with having used the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud (18 U.S.C.A. § 338, 35 Stat. 1130), was tried and convicted. He made a motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial on the ground of misconduct of the jury. The motion was denied, judgment was entered, and he has appealed from the judgment.
The indictment was in conventional form and contained eleven counts, each based upon a separate use of the United States mails in furtherance of the scheme to defraud, which was fully…
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