UNITED STATES v. BROWNE

No. 11284.

225 F.2d 751 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America v. Abraham A. BROWNE.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

August 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank W. Oliver, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., John Peter Lulinski, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Alexander O. Walter, Anna R. Lavin, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and MAJOR and LINDLEY, Circuit Judges.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, Abraham A. Browne, was jointly charged with Maxwell Riffkind (the latter under numerous aliases) in an indictment containing six counts, with the fraudulent use of the United States mails, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341. The indictment alleged that defendants, pursuant to a scheme, defrauded or attempted to defraud certain enumerated insurance companies by making claims for losses which were fictitious. Such claims were...

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