UNITED STATES v. McKEE

No. 138, Docket 23214.

220 F.2d 266 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John B. McKEE, Wilfrid Pelchat, and Andrew Thomas, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Whitcomb, U. S. Atty., Springfield, Vt. (Stephen B. Richardson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Burlington, Vt., on the brief), for appellee.

Henry F. Black, White River Junction, Vt. (Peter F. Plante, White River Junction, Vt., on the brief), for appellant McKee.

Leon D. Latham, Jr., Burlington, Vt., for appellant Pelchat.

Wendell E. Farnham, Burlington, Vt., for appellant Thomas.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, HINCKS, Circuit Judge, and SMITH, District Judge.


CLARK, Chief Judge.

Defendants appeal from conviction on four counts of an indictment charging a conspiracy under the conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371, to smuggle, import, conceal, and transport a snowmobile in violation of the smuggling statute, 18 U.S.C. § 545. They challenge, inter alia, the sufficiency of the evidence adduced and the adequacy of the charge given to the jury.

The jury could reasonably have found that the three defendants, John...

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