UNITED STATES v. SHURTLEFF

No. 273.

43 F.2d 944 (1930)

UNITED STATES v. SHURTLEFF et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

August 4, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DuBois J. Gillette, of New York City (David V. Cahill, of New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Charles H. Tuttle, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Lowell Wadmond, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Elbridge Gerry, III, both of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

Before MANTON, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from judgments of conviction for conspiring to use and for using the mails in a scheme to defraud. The appellant Shurtleff was sentenced to four years and appellants Herbert C. Locke and John T. Locke for three years to the Atlanta Penitentiary. The trial occupied six weeks. Shurtleff himself testified, and the experienced judge who presided at the trial stated at the time of sentence that in his opinion the verdict...

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