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UNITED STATES v. AVERETT

26 F.2d 676 (1928)

UNITED STATES v. AVERETT et al.

District Court, W. D. Virginia.

June 8, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Shaffer, U. S. Atty., of Roanoke, Va., and C. E. Gentry, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Charlottesville, Va.

Carter & Talbott, Hugh T. Williams, Marvin I. Walton, and J. C. Carter, all of Danville, Va., for defendants.

McDOWELL, District Judge.

The four defendants, negroes heretofore employed by the Southern Railway Company at its railroad station in Danville, Va., were arrested by Danville police officers on March 15, 1928. Shortly thereafter a warrant was issued by the United States commissioner in Danville, charging the defendants (under section 194, Criminal Code [18 USCA § 317]) with a joint theft of $27,000 in money from a mail pouch. The commissioner at first designated...

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