STANSBURY v. UNITED STATES

No. 15066.

219 F.2d 165 (1955)

George Lee STANSBURY, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Brown, San Antonio, Tex., for appellant.

Chas. F. Herring, U. S. Atty., Bradford F. Miller, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.

Before HOLMES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges, and ALLRED, District Judge.


ALLRED, District Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury on three counts of an indictment charging violation of, and conspiracy to violate, the Marihuana Tax Act, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 2590, 2591(a) and 2593(a). The conspiracy count charged that appellant conspired with Royster, a co-defendant, who also was convicted on two other substantive counts. The evidence against appellant was weak and circumstantial, dependent...

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