SCONYERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 6384.

54 F.2d 68 (1931)

SCONYERS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Forrest McCutcheon, of Fort Worth, Tex., for appellant.

John D. Hartman, U. S. Atty., of San Antonio, Tex.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted on several counts of an indictment which charged him with having mailed a number of letters for the purpose of executing a scheme to obtain money by means of false and fraudulent pretenses and representations, in violation of 18 USCA § 338. He assigns as error: First, the trial court's overruling his motion to quash the indictment; and, secondly, its refusal to charge the jury not to consider the fact that he had...

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