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BATEMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 13825.

212 F.2d 61 (1954)

BATEMAN v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cameron Sherwood, Robert A. Comfort, Walla Walla, Wash., James Leavy, Pasco, Wash., for appellants.

William B. Bantz, U. S. Atty., Harvey Erickson, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, BONE and ORR, Circuit Judges.

ORR, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Charles and Wallace Bateman, are brothers. Their counsel attempt to depict them as two ignorant, unsuspecting individuals, victims of a misplaced trust in the integrity and ability of an incompetent and drunken accountant. In order not to be misled by the doleful picture presented, we need keep in mind that appellants possessed the ability to amass a fortune within a few years by the exercise of a business acumen and foresight which...

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