EASLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 16978.

261 F.2d 276 (1958)

James Marvin EASLEY and Joe A. Alexander, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Edwardes, Texarkana, Ark., for appellants.

William M. Steger, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Robert G. Maysack, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The Government charged the appellants with violating the Federal Liquor Law, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 5008(b) (1), 5174, 5606. The appellants were convicted and appeal. They claim they were on a hog-hunting errand and had nothing to do with the illegal still or its product, and assert the evidence was insufficient to convict. The district court, in ruling upon motions for acquittal and for new trial, held the evidence sufficient to go to the jury and to...

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