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DAVIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9293.

112 F.2d 926 (1940)

DAVIS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Dailey, of Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Clyde O. Eastus, U. S. Atty., of Fort Worth, Tex., and Joe H. Jones, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Alva B. Davis, and L. J. Summerfield, were convicted on 13 counts of an indictment charging fraudulent use of the mails and were given general sentences of two years' imprisonment. Summerfield has not appealed.

The fraudulent scheme charged was the selling of land in Brewster and Presidio counties, Texas, for approximately $10 an acre, to about 1,000 purchasers, through misrepresentations...

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