Martin v. United States, No. 6414.
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (10th Circuit) |
| Writing for the Court | MURRAH, , and BRATTON and PICKETT, Circuit |
| Citation | 285 F.2d 150 |
| Parties | George F. MARTIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. |
| Docket Number | No. 6414. |
| Decision Date | 09 December 1960 |
285 F.2d 150 (1960)
George F. MARTIN, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 6414.
United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.
November 16, 1960.
Rehearing Denied December 9, 1960.
Jerry L. Smith, Denver, Colo., for appellant.
Erwin A. Cook, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl. (Paul W. Cress, U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., was with him on the brief), for United States.
Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and BRATTON and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.
MURRAH, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court denying appellant's motion under § 2255 to vacate or modify a judgment and sentence charging the violation of the mail fraud statute. 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The background for the appeal is found in Martin v. United States, 10 Cir., 263 F.2d 516; 10 Cir., 273 F.2d 775.
The appellant first attacks the validity of the indictment for failure to state an offense under the mail fraud statute, the gist of which is (1) devising a scheme or artifice to defraud; and (2) the placing or causing to be placed in the post office establishment of the United States any letter, postcard, etc., for the purpose of effecting or carrying out
The indictment charged that the petitioner and another devised and intended to devise a scheme and artifice to defraud certain persons dealing in oil and gas leases and mineral deeds; and "to obtain money by the means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises, well knowing at the time that the pretenses, representations and promises would be false when made; that oil and gas lease and mineral deeds offered for sale were represented as having been transferred and sold from the owners of record to the false and fictitious name of person used, but that in each instance the name of the true owner was in fact a forgery and negotiated without the knowledge or consent of the owner of record." The second paragraph of the indictment specifically charged the use of the mails in the execution of the aforesaid scheme and artifice. The second count of the indictment reiterated the allegation in the first paragraph of the first count of the indictment and charged another and separate use of the mails in furtherance of the alleged scheme.
The test of sufficiency on motion to vacate under § 2255 is whether the indictment, when given a practical common-sense construction, can be reasonably said to inform the...
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