UNITED STATES v. BROWN

No. 377, Docket 24037.

236 F.2d 403 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hood BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., for Southern District of New York, New York City (Joseph DeFranco, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Florence M. Kelley, The Legal Aid Society, New York City (Louis Hering, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Before MEDINA, LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

On April 19, 1955, Hood Brown entered a supermarket located in New York City, walked up to the store manager, and asked him to cash a check which he handed to him, along with a draft card for identification. The check, a United States obligation payable to the order of one Anthony Vidal, had previously been endorsed, but not, as it turned out, by Vidal. Brown was subsequently indicted for violating 18 U.S.C. § 495 on four counts, one for...

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