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Latest Important Cases* Appeals. Admissibility of Evidence as to Fraudulent Intent— Verdict will not Be Set Aside for Inconsistencies Which are not Sub stantial. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals, seventh circuit, reviewing a writ of error in the case of Walsh v. U. S., decided Oct. 5 (Chicago Legal News, Oct. 9, 1909), affirmed the judgment of the trial court, dealing with several questions brought up in the volumi nous record of the case. On the question of admissibility of evidence as to fraudulent •Many of these decisions are not yet reported, and no citations can be given. Copies of the pamphlet Reporters containing full reports of such of them as are cited in the National Reporter System may be secured from the West Publishing Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, at 25 cents each. In order ing, the title of the desired case should be given as well as the citation of volume and page of the Reporter in which it is printed.
intent, the Court (Humphrey, District Judge) said :— "It is urged on behalf of plaintiff in error that the verdict is not sustained by the evi dence because the record as a whole does not show any guilty intent, and also that the trial court erred in permitting the jury to consider evidence of other acts of the defendant of a kindred nature, not counted upon in the indictment. "Where fraudulent intent is an essential element of the offense charged, evidence of other acts of defendant of a kindred nature is competent to illustrate the character^of the transaction in question, and throw light on the intent with which this particular act was done. We see no error in admitting evi dence of similar transactions to prove intent." The Court also held:—
