BLAKELEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 16694.

249 F.2d 235 (1957)

Homer John BLAKELEY v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 6, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgil H. Shepard, Macon, Ga., James R. Venable and Al Jennings, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Joseph H. Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert B. Thompson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Frank O. Evans, U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal from a conviction based on a verdict of guilty by a jury presents little but a factual question. Appellant was convicted in a two-count indictment of violation of the provisions of 18 U.S. C.A. § 13. This section makes a federal crime out of acts that violate state penal statutes if committed on federal reservations. The specific charges were that appellant possessed burglary tools at Fort Benning, Georgia, and that he burglarized the...

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