SPEAR v. UNITED STATES

No. 6824.

216 F.2d 185 (1954)

Joseph Blaine SPEAR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buford T. Henderson, Winston-Salem, N. C., for appellant.

Lafayette Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., Yadkinville, N. C. (Edwin M. Stanley, U. S. Atty., Greensboro, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and HOFFMAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal in a criminal case in which the appellant was convicted under two indictments, one charging appellant and one Minter with removal and concealment of distilled spirits in July 1952, the other charging appellant with operating an illicit distillery in February 1953. The two cases were consolidated for trial and both appellant and Minter were convicted but Minter has not appealed.

The appellant contends that the two cases were improperly...

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