TRIPP v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 15120, 15111.

221 F.2d 692 (1955)

Wilbur Donald TRIPP, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Joseph CAMMARATA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne C. Smith, Jr., Clayton, Mo. (Charles M. Shaw, Clayton, Mo., and Mark M. Hennelly, St. Louis, Mo., were with him on the brief), for appellants.

Wayne H. Bigler, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo. (Harry Richards, U. S. Atty., and Forrest Boecker, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., were with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and WOODROUGH and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

The appellants in these cases were indicted in three counts together with Melvin E. Von Behren, John Anselmo, Paul H. Hulahan, John Gagliano and Ross Longo, for violation of 18 U.S. C.A. § 659, by stealing, concealing, and having possession, contrary to the statute, of 625 cases of whiskey which were being transported by motor truck in interstate commerce from Owensboro, Kentucky, to Wichita, Kansas. The indictment also charged the defendants...

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