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HARPER v. UNITED STATES

No. 7869.

27 F.2d 77 (1928)

HARPER v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

June 4, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Cravens, of Ft. Smith, Ark. (Fadjo Cravens, of Ft. Smith, Ark., and Jeptha H. Evans and Charles I. Evans, both of Booneville, Ark., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

W. N. Ivie, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Ft. Smith, Ark. (S. S. Langley, U. S. Atty., of Ft. Smith, Ark., on the brief), for the United States.

Before KENYON, Circuit Judge, and SYMES and MARTINEAU, District Judges.

SYMES, District Judge.

Plaintiff in error, Harper, who will be referred to as defendant and eight others, were indicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas for conspiracy. Five of the eight were tried, and Harper, Towns, and Thompson were convicted and sentenced on the first count. All were acquitted on the second count. Harper alone brings the case here on writ of error.

The first count charged that Harper and the eight...

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