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ALFORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 370.

282 U.S. 687 (1931)

51 S.Ct. 218

75 L.Ed. 624

ALFORD v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leo R. Friedman, with whom Mr. Thomas M. Foley was on the brief, for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Richardson, with whom Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Claude R. Branch, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Harry S. Ridgley were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was convicted in the District Court for Southern California of using the mails to defraud in violation of § 215 of the Criminal Code. The Court granted certiorari, to review a judgment of affirmance by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which upheld certain rulings of the trial court upon the evidence. 41 F.2d 157.

In the course of the trial the...

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