UNITED STATES v. DONOVAN

No. 239, Docket 24421.

242 F.2d 61 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert L. DONOVAN, Albert Andrews and Hyman Cohen, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty. for Southern Dist. of New York, New York City (Adelbert C. Matthews, Jr., David Jaffe and Maurice N. Nessen, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Jacob W. Friedman and Frank E. Healy, New York City, for appellants.

Before MEDINA and HINCKS, Circuit Judges, and LEIBELL, District Judge.


MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were indicted on three counts. The first charged an assault upon on a postal employee with intent to rob the mail. The second charged the same offense in aggravated form, alleging that appellants put the postal employee's life in jeopardy by using a dangerous weapon while attempting to rob the mail. These counts were based on 18 U.S.C. § 2114. The third count charged that appellants conspired to assault the postal employee with...

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