UNITED STATES v. HEITNER

No. 160.

149 F.2d 105 (1945)

UNITED STATES v. HEITNER et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 2, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Halle, of New York City, for appellant Heitner.

Archibald Palmer, of New York City, for appellant Cryne.

Mario Pittoni and T. Vincent Quinn, U. S. Atty., both of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Vine H. Smith and Herbert I. Sorin, Asst. U. S. Attys., both of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Heitner and Cryne appeal from a judgment of conviction for possessing and operating an unlawful still, and for conspiracy to do so. The chief witness was an accomplice, one Meierdiercks, who turned state's evidence, and made out a case against them which if believed, left no doubt of their guilt. This testimony was in part corroborated by that of two policemen of New York City and by other witnesses whom we need not mention. The principal question...

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