HARRIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 5128.

140 F.2d 567 (1944)

HARRIS v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

February 4, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Lewis Bainder, of Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

Thomas J. Kenney, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Baltimore, Md. (Bernard J. Flynn, U. S. Atty., of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

John Harris (hereinafter called Harris) was tried in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland under an indictment in two counts, charging violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 338, commonly known as the Mail Fraud Statute.

The first count charged that Harris had devised a scheme to defraud Mrs. Isabelle M. Cochran, Lieutenant-Commander Schamyl Cochran, Harry Ivery and others, and by means of fraudulent representations,...

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