HARGETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 13028.

183 F.2d 859 (1950)

HARGETT et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy L. Smith, Phenix City, Ala., J. A. Walker, Jacob Walker, Jr., Opelika, Ala., A. L. Patterson, Phenix City, Ala., for appellants.

Hartwell Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, WALLER, and BORAH, Circuit Judges.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

The sequence of events that occurred in and around that home of Pete Hargett in Phenix City, Alabama, on the afternoon of March 3, 1949, demonstrates that the oft-repeated statement that one is presumed to have intended the natural and normal consequences of his act cannot be universal in its application.

Although Grady Cook, an Alcohol Tax Unit Investigator from Columbus, Georgia, was a stranger to Pete Hargett, the latter's penchant...

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