UNITED STATES v. COMYNS

No. 235.

248 U.S. 349 (1919)

UNITED STATES v. COMYNS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Kearful for the United States.

Mr. Charles A. Keigwin, with whom Mr. William R. Andrews was on the briefs, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a review under the Criminal Appeals Act (March 2, 1907, c. 2564, 34 Stat. 1246), of a judgment of the District Court sustaining a demurrer to an indictment found under § 215 of the Criminal Code (Act of March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1088, 1130).

That section provides: "Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by...

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