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GILBERT v. UNITED STATES

No. 13038.

182 F.2d 316 (1950)

GILBERT v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 29, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stovall Lowrey, Clarksdale, Miss., for appellant.

Chester L. Sumners, U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., for appellee.

Before HOLMES, McCORD and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, L. Q. Gilbert, was indicted for an alleged violation of Section 876 of Title 18, U.S.C.A., the indictment charging in substance that on April 11, 1949, he deposited in the mails and caused to be delivered by the Post Office Department to one Howard Gurney a letter containing a threat to injure his reputation, with intent to extort money from him.1

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