Lonergan v. United States

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted and sentenced on seven counts of an indictment charging violations of section 215 of the Criminal Code (18 U.S.C.A. § 338), which provides: “Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises ...... shall, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, place, or cause to be placed, any letter, postal card, package, writing, circular, pamphlet, or advertisement, whether addressed to…