PIERCE v. UNITED STATES

No. 7342.

86 F.2d 949 (1936)

PIERCE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 16, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. E. Gwinn and Edgar Webster, both of Memphis, Tenn., for appellants.

R. G. Draper, of Memphis, Tenn. (William McClanahan and Joseph M. Bearman, both of Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for the United States.

Before SIMONS and ALLEN, Circuit Judges, and LEDERLE, District Judge.


SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

Convicted on seventeen counts of an indictment, each charging either false impersonation of federal officers or fraudulently obtaining money in the pretended character of such officers, in violation of section 32 of the Criminal Code (18 U.S.C. A. § 76), the appellants challenge the sufficiency of the indictment, assail the evidence as too vague and insubstantial to support a verdict, and complain of an unfair trial.

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