Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-14 | Page 18 | 2 Mail Faud Cases Dropped

2 MAIL FRAUD CASES DROPPED Lester L. L Rankin former Salt Lake City broker who Is s serving a year two term in the federal re reformatory reformatory reformatory re- re at El Reno Okla OkIa for using using us us- ing lug the mails to defraud became eligible for a parole Saturday when Judge Tillman TilIman D D' J Johnson dismissed two indictments pending against him in federal court One of the indictments was re returned returned returned re- re turned by the federal grand jury last fall faU together with the mail fraud indictment upon which Rankin was convicted The first indictment dismissed Saturday charged Rankin with using using using us us- ing the mails to defraud through operation of the Sunbeam Buckskin Buckskin Buckskin Buck Buck- skin Mining company The second indictment dIsmissed Saturday was returned November 6 1933 It alleged that Rankin and his associates used the mails to de defraud defraud defraud de- de fraud in operation of oC Lester Rankin Co a brokerage Trial on this charge resulted in a mistrial when one of the jurors became became became be be- came ill Several months later Rankin Rankin Rankin Ran Ran- kin was for the same al alleged alleged alleged al- al offense and subsequently con con- He entered El EI Reno reformatory last January and under federal federa regulations becomes eligible for parole parole parole pa pa- role after serving third one-third of lof his term providing no other c charges arges are pending against him