McKNIGHT v. UNITED STATES

No. 10163.

183 F.2d 977 (1950)

McKNIGHT et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis P. Mitchell, Washington, D. C., with whom B. Dabney Fox, J. Franklyn Bourne, and Frank D. Reeves, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Joseph M. Howard, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, and Arthur J. McLaughlin, Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, BAZELON, and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were convicted of carrying on a lottery known as the numbers game. They urge several points but we think only one requires discussion.

In 1948 police repeatedly trailed appellant McKnight over a regular route in Washington and had reason to believe he was a numbers "pick-up" man. Until September 29 they always lost him in traffic before he reached the end of his route. On that day, for the first time, they saw him enter...

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