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WRIGHT v. UNITED STATES

No. 13024.

243 F.2d 546 (1957)

Albert Samuel WRIGHT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 8, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Abrams, Cincinnati, Ohio (William F. Hopkins, Cincinnati, Ohio, on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas Stueve, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cincinnati, Ohio (Hugh K. Martin, U. S. Atty., Cincinnati, Ohio, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, hereinafter called defendant, was indicted for unlawfully receiving and possessing a firearm, "to wit, a silencer, which had been made in violation of Section 5821, Title 26 USC; said possession being a violation of Section 5851, Title 26 U.S.C." Defendant was convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $2,000. He contends that the conviction and sentence are invalid for the reasons that: 1) the...

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