Court Opinion

ID: 9637143
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 14:58:45.236853+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:56.277557
License: Public Domain

CHASE, Circuit Judge
(dissenting in part).
I concur in the result except in so far as it is held that the counts in the indictment are good which are based solely on the allegation that the appellant advised an alien to borrow money to put into a bank account; to obtain a certificate from the bank to show what he had on deposit; and to present that in connection with his application for an immigration visa. For aught that is alleged the bank account was the absolute property of the alien. He could use it in any way he saw fit and was in no way bound to hold it for the repayment of the debt he incurred. There was no false representation of net worth or false representation of any material fact alleged as the actual or intended result of the advice the appellant is charged with having given aliens respecting bank accounts. Each count should state an offense. Dealy v. United States, 152 U.S. 539, 14 S.Ct. 680, 38 L.Ed. 545. It seems to me that these counts have been held good only by supplying by implication the essential allegations necessary to bring them within the scope of 18 Ü.S.C.A. § 80.