ROBERTSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 12266.

168 F.2d 294 (1948)

ROBERTSON v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 4, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahlon L. Walters, of Jefferson, Tex., for appellant.

Steve M. King, U. S. Atty., and James T. Wright, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Beaumont, Tex., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was tried, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment upon an indictment charging that he transported in interstate commerce a certain automobile knowing the same to have been stolen. A motion was duly made to dismiss the indictment because it failed to allege that the vehicle was in fact a stolen car. The court below overruled the motion.

The indictment is in the language of the statute,1 which...

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