Weatherby v. United States, 3138.
| Decision Date | 28 June 1945 |
| Docket Number | No. 3138.,3138. |
| Parties | WEATHERBY v. UNITED STATES |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Tenth Circuit |
Glenn H. Grubb and S. Luther Lane, both of Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellant.
Whit Y. Mauzy, U. S. Atty., of Tulsa, Okla., for appellee.
Before PHILLIPS, MURRAH, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
An indictment containing four counts was returned against Weatherby in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma charging violations of 215 of the Penal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 338.
The first count charged that Weatherby, on February 1, 1942, "did enter into and devise a scheme and artifice to defraud the subscribers and readers of * * * the Tulsa Tribune and the Tulsa World, at Tulsa, Oklahoma." It is alleged the scheme with particularity and that, after the formation of such scheme and artifice, for the purpose of executing such scheme, Weatherby "on or about the 5th day of February, A. D. 1942, did cause to be inserted in the Tulsa Daily World, * * * a certain advertisement * * * which advertisement was, by the said Tulsa World, placed in the United States mail at * * * Tulsa, Oklahoma, addressed to its regular mailing list of subscribers, and was * * * delivered * * * by the Post Office establishment of the United States to said regular subscribers, as the defendant then and there intended it should be so delivered."
The second count charged the same scheme and the insertion of the same advertisement in the Tulsa Tribune, and the delivery thereof by the Tulsa Tribune through the Post Office establishment and mails of the United States to its regular subscribers, for the purpose of executing such scheme.
The third count charged the same scheme and that Weatherby, for the purpose of executing the same, caused to be deposited in the mails of the United States, to be delivered through the Post Office establishment of the United States, a certain letter addressed to Box 455-B, World Tribune, Tulsa Oklahoma, and that such letter was delivered by the Post Office establishment of the United States to such box.
The fourth count charged the same scheme and that Weatherby, for the purpose of executing the scheme, caused a letter to be so deposited in the United States mails for delivery by the Post Office establishment of the United States, and the delivery thereof to Box 445-B, World Tribune, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Weatherby was duly arraigned and pleaded guilty to each of the four counts. He was sentenced to terms of four years on each of counts one and two, to run consecutively, and terms of four years on each of counts three and four, to run concurrently with the sentences on counts one and two. Thereafter, he filed a motion to correct the sentence.
From an order denying that motion, he has appealed, and contends that counts one and two charged a single identical offense, which is without merit. Count one charged the mailing of the Tulsa World for the purpose of executing the scheme and count two that the mailing of the Tulsa Tribune was for the purpose of executing the scheme. The use of the mails for the purpose of executing the scheme is the gist of the offense.1
Each separate use of the mails in the execution of a continuing scheme constitutes a separate distinct offense.2
The indictment is not drawn with technical nicety. But, by his plea of guilty, Weatherby waived all defenses other than that the indictment charged no offense.3 Each count of the indictment charged the essential elements of the offense and it cannot be said as to any...
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