SOVEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 7654.

76 F.2d 972 (1935)

SOVEY v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 22, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. M. Johnson and Joseph H. Blackshear, both of Gainesville, Ga., for appellant.

Lawrence S. Camp, U. S. Atty., and I. K. Hay and M. Neil Andrews, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Atlanta, Ga.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of using the mails to execute a scheme to defraud and for obtaining money by false representations and promises, in violation of 18 US CA § 338. He appeals and assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict in his favor.

The indictment alleges that it was appellant's scheme to obtain money from an unmarried woman by promising to marry her and to repay all sums of money which she would...

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