UNITED STATES v. RAPPAPORT

Nos. 13388, 13475, 13476.

292 F.2d 261 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Samuel RAPPAPORT, Appellant in No. 13388, Lennore (also known as Lynn) Rappaport, Appellant in No. 13475, Eli Penn, Appellant in No. 13476.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Goldberg, Philadelphia, Pa. (Garfield W. Levy, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

Joseph J. Zapitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa. (Walter E. Alessandroni, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

This mail fraud case was tried under an indictment containing a conspiracy count as well as several substantive counts alleging fraud through the mailing of fictitious credit references in a scheme to obtain merchandise without ever paying for it. Samuel Rappaport, his wife Lennore Rappaport, and Eli Penn have taken these appeals from their convictions on the conspiracy count and certain substantive counts. The sentences on the several counts...

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