HUGHES v. UNITED STATES

No. 6577.

4 F.2d 686 (1925)

HUGHES v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 9, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oppenheimer, Peterson, Dickson & Hodgson, of St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiff in error.

W. A. Maurer, U. S. Atty., and J. W. Scothorn, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Oklahoma City, Okl.

Before SANBORN, Circuit Judge, and TRIEBER and PHILLIPS, District Judges.


PHILLIPS, District Judge.

William T. Hughes, hereinafter called defendant, was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced for embezzlement of postal funds under section 225 of the Penal Code (U. S. Comp. St. § 10395, 35 Stat. 1133), which provides:

"Whoever, being a postmaster * * * shall * * * use, * * * or convert to his own use, * * * except as authorized by law, any money or property coming into his hands or under his control in any manner whatever...

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