UNITED STATES v. TALLANT

No. 75-4244.

547 F.2d 1291 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fred C. TALLANT, Sr., and William M. Womack, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Lewis Hansen, Atlanta, Ga., Carl L. Shipley, Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellants.

John W. Stokes, U. S. Atty., Dorothy T. Beasley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

In connection with the intrastate offering and sale of securities of the Preferred Land Corporation, Fred C. Tallant, Sr. and William Womack, Jr., as officers, directors, and control persons, were indicted for violation of the general antifraud section of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C.A. § 77q(a), the federal mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341, and of the federal conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371. Because of...

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