ADAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 19926.

312 F.2d 137 (1963)

Felix Twidwell ADAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron M. Sheinfeld, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

William M. Schultz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Woodrow Seals, U. S. Atty., James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, WISDOM and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


JOSEPH C. HUTCHESON, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted under a three-count indictment charging mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341.1 The indictment alleged that Adams willfully and knowingly devised, and intended to devise, a scheme and artifice to defraud the Gulf Oil Company, one William Magie, and various Gulf distributors, who could be induced to extend credit upon...

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