The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Ely, 142 F.3d 1113 (9th Cir. 1998):
The False Entries. False pretenses were adequately alleged as to the false entries. The century-old case relied on by the district court has become obsolete even if it has not received its own burial and coffin. See United States v. Darby, 289 U.S. 224, 227, 53 S.Ct. 573, 574, 77 L.Ed. 1137 (1933); United States v. Luke, 701 F.2d 1104, 1108 (4th Cir.1983).
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