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MIDDLETON v. UNITED STATES

No. 5545.

32 F.2d 239 (1929)

MIDDLETON v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 23, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton G. Henson, of Tampa, Fla., and Roger E. Davis, of Miami, Fla., for appellant.

Wm. M. Gober, U. S. Atty., of Tampa, Fla., and Francis L. Poor, and Louis S. Joel, Asst. U. S. Attys., both of Jacksonville, Fla.

Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant John Middleton was convicted upon an indictment which charged him with bringing four aliens into the United States "at North West Bar Bell Buoy near Key West, Florida," in violation of section 8 of the Immigration Act of 1917, 8 USCA § 144.

It is contended on this appeal that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction, because it was not shown that appellant actually landed the aliens in the United States. The...

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