HANDFORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 16810.

249 F.2d 295 (1957)

A. Z. HANDFORD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vance Custer, Charles H. Kirbo, Bainbridge, Ga., Custer & Kirbo, Bainbridge, Ga., for appellant.

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

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


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

A. Z. Handford, a Negro, was tried in the Thomasville Division of the District Court for the Middle District of Georgia on a one-count indictment for illegal possession of nontaxpaid whiskey, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5008(b) (1) and § 5642. He was found guilty and sentenced to two years imprisonment.

Appellant specifies as errors: "(1) the evidence does not support the verdict, and the motion for judgment of acquittal should...

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