United States v. William H. Addington

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• fraudulent scheme involving two separate grain elevators did not constitute same transaction for purposes of collateral estoppel or double jeopardy
• failure to give grand jury a copy of applicable statutes or to instruct it on elements of offenses and other legal points not sufficient grounds to dismiss indictment
• fact of acquittal of prior offenses is important but not determinative factor in determining admissibility

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