GARRETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 4744.

17 F.2d 479 (1927)

GARRETT v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 18, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

K. C. Barkley and J. L. Webb, both of Houston, Tex., for plaintiff in error.

H. M. Holden, U. S. Atty., and Clarence Kendall, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex. (Howell Ward, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Houston, Tex., on the brief), for the United States.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error, hereafter called defendant, was convicted on 7 counts of an indictment charging him with improper use of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. There are 139 assignments of error. Fortunately, in the view we take of the case, it is unnecessary to discuss any of them.

The indictment contains 17 counts, none of which was numbered, and is very lengthy. The scheme is charged with great particularity and detail...

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