Court Opinion

ID: 9639555
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 16:23:04.278138+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:19.847302
License: Public Domain

FOSTER, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
It is evident that the defendants in devising their scheme to defraud Martin had no intention of using the mails, and it was not at all necessary that the mails should be used in any way in executing the scheme. The mailing of the letter, which forms the basis of the indictment, was merely an incident in the negotiations between Martin and his bank. The defendants on trial had no reason to believe that such a letter would be mailed. It seems to me it is stretching the statute entirely too far to sustain the conviction in this ease. I therefore respectfully dissent.