SPEERS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 9245-9247.

387 F.2d 698 (1967)

Stephen M. SPEERS, Jerry D. Anden, and James V. Sidary, a/k/a Jim Sidney, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied February 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey D. Ashworth, Topeka, Kan., for appellant James V. Sidary. John William Mahoney, Kansas City, Kan., for appellants Stephen M. Speers and Jerry D. Anden.

James R. Ward, Asst. U. S. Atty., Topeka, Kan. (Newell A. George, U. S. Atty., Topeka, Kan., with him on brief), for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and WILBUR K. MILLER and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.


HICKEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Speers, Anden and Sidary were charged with violating the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, aiding, abetting and counseling, 18 U.S.C. § 2, and conspiring to violate the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371. A jury found Speers and Anden guilty on all counts. Sidary was acquitted of conspiracy, but found guilty on all other counts.

The appellants filed separate motions for acquittal, a new trial, and for a...

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