[DOWNLOAD] "Blachly v. United States" by United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Blachly v. United States
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 11, 1967
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge: These are appeals from convictions by a jury of 18 counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341.1 The original indictment charged Blachly, McMillen and Hockensmith2 with use of the mails to effect sales of water softeners under a fraudulent referral selling plan to various persons in the area of Morgan City, Louisiana. Hockensmith pleaded guilty. Blachly, charged as a direct principal, was convicted on 17 counts of mail fraud and sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment on one count, sentencing on the remaining counts suspended with 5 years' supervised probation. McMillen, in 2 counts charged in effect as an aider and abettor, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2(a),3 was convicted on only one count and sentenced to one year imprisonment. Both appeal.