ABBOTT v. UNITED STATES

No. 15962.

239 F.2d 310 (1956)

Wayne Rosser ABBOTT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Martin, Dallas, Tex., Chas. C. Crenshaw, Lubbock, Tex., Joe H. Jones, Dallas, Tex., Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, Lubbock, Tex., for appellant.

William O. Braeklein, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Heard L. Floore, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee.

Before CAMERON, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Abbott, convicted for interstate transportation of a stolen geophysical map having a value exceeding $5,000.00, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2314, and use of the mails to defraud, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341, appeals from a single sentence, urging primarily that motion for judgment of acquittal ought to have been granted for insufficient evidence on (1) value and interstate transportation under Section 2314, and (2) substantial use of the mails to...

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