LANE v. UNITED STATES

No. 8266.

34 F.2d 413 (1929)

LANE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

August 29, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Lane and Ernest L. Kime were convicted of placing letters in mail to defraud, and they bring error. Reversed and remanded, with directions.

Eustace C. Wheeler, of St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiffs in error.

C. J. Stattler, Asst. U. S. Atty., of St. Louis, Mo. (L. H. Breuer, U. S. Atty., of Rolla, Mo., and George C. Dyer, Asst. U. S. Atty., of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for the United States.

Before STONE, BOOTH, and GARDNER, Circuit Judges.


GARDNER, Circuit Judge.

In this case plaintiffs in error, Thomas J. Lane and Ernest L. Kime, hereinafter referred to as defendants, were indicted in an indictment containing six counts, and which charges the defendants with having devised and intending to devise a scheme for the obtaining of money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, and with having placed and caused to be placed in the post office of the United States...

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