Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit September 1, 1919, No. 5290 (Wine v. United States)

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Section 215 of the Penal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1130 [Comp. St. § 10385]) provides that:

“Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, * * * shall, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or