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BUTLER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 16918-16927, 16942, 16945, 16948-16952.

317 F.2d 249 (1963)

Lester E. BUTLER et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Houston Allen, Van Nuys, Cal., for Lester E. Butler, and others, appellants.

Julius Lucius Echeles, Chicago, Ill., for Dodson Benedec, and others, appellants; and Frank W. Oliver, Chicago, Ill., on the brief.

Robert Vogel, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mandan, N. D., for appellee.

Before JOHNSEN, Chief Judge, MATTHES, Circuit Judge, and HARPER, District Judge.

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

An indictment in 33 counts was returned and filed in the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota on October 24, 1960, charging Lenders Service Company, Inc., a corporation, and 36 individual defendants with violation of the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341.1

The scheme forming the basis for the mail fraud violations involved advance fee payments and fraudulent activities...

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