THOMPSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 10949.

145 F.2d 826 (1944)

THOMPSON et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Dailey, Geo. W. Harwood, and Kent D. Allen, all of Dallas, Tex., for appellants.

Joe H. Jones, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were found guilty of possessing whiskey knowing that it had been stolen from an interstate shipment, and of conspiring to receive the stolen whiskey. Their appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain their conviction.

The record contains direct evidence to establish that the whiskey was stolen from a shipment in interstate commerce, and that appellants thereafter took it into possession. The crucial point...

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