NELSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 11353-11361, 11363, 11364.

208 F.2d 505 (1953)

NELSON v. UNITED STATES (two cases). NOWLAND v. UNITED STATES (two cases). LEE v. UNITED STATES. LOWERY v. UNITED STATES. KIRBY v. UNITED STATES. MacWILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES. (two cases). TRENT v. UNITED STATES. BRADY v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1953.

Writ of Certiorari Denied October 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Smith, Washington, D. C., with whom T. Edward O'Connell, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants in Nos. 11353 to 11357 and 11364.

Charles E. Ford and H. Clifford Allder, Washington, D. C., on the brief for appellants in Nos. 11358 and 11359.

Edward Bennett Williams, Washington, D. C., with whom Murdaugh Stuart Madden, Falls Church, Va., on the brief, for appellants in Nos. 11360, 11361 and 11363. Francis P. Noonan, Washington, D. C., entered his appearance for appellant in No. 11363.

William E. Kirk, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., at time of argument, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., at time of argument, Washington, D. C., John W. Fihelly, Thomas A. Wadden, and Alfred L. Hantman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., when brief was filed, Washington, D. C., was also on the brief, for appellee. William R. Glendon, Asst. U. S. Atty., at time of argument, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance on behalf of the appellee.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied October 12, 1953. See 74 S.Ct. 48.

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

All the appellants were jointly tried and convicted under District of Columbia lottery laws for conducting a large "numbers" operation controlled by one of them, Charles E. Nelson.1 Seventy highly incriminating papers belonging to Nelson were admitted in evidence as Government exhibits, over his objection that they were obtained from him in an...

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