ECHOLS v. UNITED STATES

No. 5257.

25 F.2d 3 (1928)

ECHOLS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. E. Culli, of Gadsden, Ala. (Bart. A. Riley, of Miami, Fla., on rehearing), for plaintiff in error.

J. S. Franklin, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Birmingham, Ala. (C. B. Kennamer, U. S. Atty., and J. S. Franklin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Birmingham, Ala., on the brief), for the United States.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in error, Jerry L. Echols, was convicted under 12 of the 14 counts of an indictment charging him and other named persons with violations of section 215 of the Criminal Code (18 USCA § 338) by devising a scheme or artifice to defraud and using the United States mails for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting to do so. Echols complains of the court's refusal to give requested charges, which severally...

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