Young

On October 6, 1948, appellant (Helen Young) and another were indicted under Sections 715 and 697 of Title 38 U.S.C.A.

The indictment was in six counts; the first of which charged conspiracy. The five substantive counts were identical, save as to dates, amounts and veterans named.

Count 2 is representative; it reads as follows: “On or about July 1, 1946, in Los Angeles County, California, within the Central Division of the Southern District of California, defendants Helen Young and Edythe L. Foxall did knowingly cause a false certificate to be made concerning a claim for benefits under the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 ( 38 U.S.C.A. § 694 et seq.) ; in that defendants did inform the Culver City Branch No. 366 of the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association that the amount to be paid by Lloyd Shearer, a veteran of World War II, to purchase a lot and construct a house at 10813 Barman Avenue, Culver City, California, as to which a loan guarantee was being sought from the Government of the United States, was $9671.00, being made up of $1500.00 to purchase said lot and $8171.-00 to construct such house, and did cause said bank to certify in a Home Loan Report…