UNITED STATES v. TURLEY

Crim. No. 23513.

141 F.Supp. 527 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America v. James Vernon TURLEY.

United States District Court D. Maryland, Criminal Division.

May 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Cochran Doub, U. S. Atty., and William F. Mosner, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Fenton L. Martin, Baltimore, Md., for defendant.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The motion to dismiss the information in this case raises the question whether an automobile is "stolen", within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312, if the defendant obtained possession from the owner lawfully, but thereafter, and before he drove it across the state line, decided to convert it to his own use. That question has troubled the courts and the enforcement agencies for many years; the amended information in this case was drawn...

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