UNITED STATES v. RUFFINO

No. 98.

67 F.2d 440 (1933)

UNITED STATES v. RUFFINO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

November 6, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Templeton, U. S. Atty., of Buffalo, N. Y. (John K. Gerken, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for the United States.

William B. Mahoney, of Buffalo, N. Y., for defendant.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and SWAN, Circuit Judges.


MANTON, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted of knowingly passing a counterfeit $10 note as an obligation of the United States, to wit, a Federal Reserve note. The charge is that he well knew the note to be a false and counterfeit bill. The statute makes it unlawful for one with intent to defraud to pass such a counterfeit bill. Cr. Code, § 151 (18 USCA § 265).

On February 15, 1933, at 3 o'clock in the morning, the appellant purchased some...

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