TINCHER v. UNITED STATES

No. 2371.

11 F.2d 18 (1926)

TINCHER et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 12, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. M. Belcher, of Charleston, W. Va. (Lon H. Kelly, of Charleston, W. Va., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Elliott Northcott, U. S. Atty., of Huntington, W. Va. (Lawrence L. McClure, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Southington, W. Va., on the brief), for the United States.

Before WADDILL, ROSE, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


PARKER, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The first point urged upon us by defendants relates to the sufficiency of the indictment. As we understand their contention, it is that the counts of the indictment are defective in that they do not allege that the fraudulent scheme charged was intended to be effected by the use of the mails, and in that it does not appear from the indictment how the use of the mails alleged would have been effective in furthering...

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