| Show 4 VISION IN PETER CASE EXPECTED SOON pages pa transcript 1111 iii m the charles peter case comprising 0 torn was received ed in this city by the U S prosecuting at ey on in instant an effort will be made it is is said to prepare briefs and have the case decided by the circuit court of appeals during the coming month it will be remembered that charles peter was indicted by a federal grand jury in salt lake on a charge of using the united states mails to defraud stockholders in his mas cot mines promotion promo tion the indictment was returned in october 1924 and peter was tried and convicted in march 1925 he was sentenced to prison at leavenworth for eighteen months after fighting the case out in the federal court here without favorable result the defendant appealed the case to the circuit court where a transcript of all the proceedings was ordered printed for the courts guidance counsel for the defense is sanguine that their client will win a dismissal of the case and it is said the government is just as confident that the conviction will stand it is claimed this action has cost the government more than while defendant has suffered incalculable loss in money and the wrecking of his business career |
