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HULAHAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 15000.

214 F.2d 441 (1954)

HULAHAN v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

July 20, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Arthur Anderson, St. Louis, Mo. (Charles M. Shaw and Wayne C. Smith, Jr., Clayton, Mo., filed a separate reply brief), for appellant.

Forrest Boecker, Sp. Asst. to the U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo. (Harry Richards, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., and Tom DeWolfo, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty. Gen., were with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and COLLET, Circuit Judges.

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Paul H. Hulahan, upon his plea of not guilty to an indictment containing eight counts, was tried by a jury and convicted. The statute upon which each of the counts was based is § 1951, Title 18 U.S.C. That statute, so far as pertinent, provides:

"Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by * * * extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, * *...

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