WEIL v. GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZONE

No. 5738.

42 F.2d 448 (1930)

WEIL v. GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZONE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 12, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Hunter, of Alexandria, La., and Warren Doyle, of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Charles J. Riley, Dist. Atty., of Ancon, Canal Zone (J. J. McGuigan, Asst. Dist. Atty., of Ancon, Canal Zone, on the brief), for the Government of Canal Zone.

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


FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury on an information charging the illegal purchase of public property from a soldier of the United States Army and was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to be confined in the common jail for the Balboa division of the District Court of the Canal Zone for the term of one year.

At the outset our jurisdiction over the appeal is challenged.

Under the provisions of the Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat...

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