REELS v. UNITED STATES

No. 12967.

239 F.2d 863 (1956)

Truman REELS and Clyde Vinson, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Hines, Bowling Green, Ky., for appellant.

J. Leonard Walker and William B. Jones, Louisville, Ky., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, MILLER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants were found guilty by jury verdict on an indictment charging unlawful transportation and possession of liquor on which the tax had not been paid. There was ample substantial evidence to support the verdict.

The argument of appellants is that they were entrapped unlawfully by A. T. U. officials. In our judgment, the point is not well taken, as revealed by the evidence in the record. The fact that officers of the United States merely...

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