Waggoner
Waggoner v. United States
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Mathews, J.
p, Waggoner and eight others 1 were jndicted for violating § 215 of the Criminal Codej 18 U.S.C.A. § 338 . 2 The in-djcjmcnt was jn sjx counts. Each count charged that, having devised a scheme to defraud and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent Pretenses, representations and prom-ises> Waggoner and his codefendants, for the purpose of executing the scheme, placed a described letter in the United States post office at Los Angeles, California, to be sent and delivered by the *868 post office establishment of the United States. Waggoner and seven of his co-defendants 3 were arraigned, pleaded not guilty and were brought to trial. Wag-goner was convicted and sentenced on counts 1, 3, 4 and S, and has appealed.
There are twenty assignments of error. 4 Assignments 1, 2 and 3 are that the court erred in refusing requests said to have been made by appellant for an instructed verdict. The bill of exceptions shows- no such request. We have nevertheless reviewed the evidence and find that it amply supports the jury’s verdict.
Assignments 4 to 8, inclusive, are to the admission of evidence. None of them quotes the grounds urged at the trial for the objection or…