Barbara Karrell v. United States
Opinion
Opinion
Chambers, J.
On January 19, 1949, appellant Karrell was found guilty by a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California on eight counts of a 17 count indictment, the eight counts being all that survived to be submitted to the jury. Before sentence the court found two of the eight counts supported by insufficient proof.
Miss Karrell, as a real estate agent, had been involved in some financing of veterans of World War II pursuant to the provisions of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 at the Santa Monica branch of the Bank of America. All of the counts involved a pattern. All charges were identical except as to names of veterans and appraisers and dates and amounts. The charges may be fully illustrated by Count Four;
After an appeal eliminated a requirement that the defendant make restitution to veterans included in the counts which had been dismissed, the sentence eventuated as follows :
1. Imprisonment for one year concurrently on each of six counts. Suspended. Placed on probation for five years.
2. Total fines of $2,700.
3. Restitution of varying amounts to the six veterans named as bank borrowers in the six counts.