CARTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 15734.

231 F.2d 232 (1956)

Adell C. CARTER, alias Ponto, and Ronnie Mae Mathis, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 24, 1956.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. O. Cooper, Jr., Macon, Ga., John M. Robbins, Macon, Ga., for appellants.

Floyd M. Buford, Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., Frank O. Evans, U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for appellee.

Before BORAH, TUTTLE and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956. See 76 S.Ct. 1052.

BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Armed with his badge of office, protected by the power of the sovereign whose work he was doing, but unequipped with shoulder pads, crash helmet or other paraphernalia adequate for the event, Poe, a United States Internal Revenue Agent, underwent a harrowing experience while desperately trying to maintain his precarious hold on Carter's convertible as it was speeding 60 miles...

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