WRIGHT v. UNITED STATES

No. 13395.

159 F.2d 8 (1947)

WRIGHT v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit.

January 27, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heartsill Ragon, of Fort Smith, Ark., for appellant.

R. S. Wilson, U. S. Atty., of Van Buren, Ark. (David R. Boatright and Chas. A. Beasley, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., both of Fort Smith, Ark., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH, and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

On November 14, 1944, a freight car of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company was entered at Guernsey Siding, Arkansas, and 26 cases of beer, in transit from St. Louis, Missouri, to Harlingen, Texas, were stolen. The Government, by an indictment, charged appellant with the theft (18 U.S.C.A. § 409). On his plea of not guilty, he was tried, convicted and sentenced. He asserts that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction.<...

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