UNITED STATES v. ROWE

No. 276.

56 F.2d 747 (1932)

UNITED STATES v. ROWE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

March 14, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore R. Jaffe, of New York City (Jeremiah A. O'Leary, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant Lyons.

Myers, Treanor & Keating, of New York City (John Caldwell Myers and John F. Keating, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellant Collins.

Du Bois J. Gillette, of New York City (Benjamin Eisler, of New York City, of counsel), for appellant Rowe.

George Z. Medalie, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Hubert T. Delany, Curtiss E. Frank, and Anthony M. Maoriello, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The indictment laid the scheme and conspiracy — for there is no substantial difference between the two when more than one are involved — as follows. Lyons and one Jerome Collins organized two corporations which they called Bureaus, by which through the press and by emissaries they got in touch with persons who had lost money in stocks, and who had, or thought they had, claims against the sellers. They told the claimants that they...

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