UNITED STATES v. McNEIL

No. 242, Docket 24845.

255 F.2d 387 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert John McNEIL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacobs, Jacobs, Jacobs & Jacobs, New Haven, Conn., Israel J. Jacobs, Richard L. Jacobs, New Haven, Conn., for appellant. Argued by Stanley A. Jacobs, New Haven, Conn.

Simon S. Cohen, U. S. Atty., Hartford, Conn., W. Paul Flynn, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., for appellee.

Before SWAN, HINCKS and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted upon verdict of a jury for violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 659 (possession of goods stolen from an interstate shipment, knowing the same to have been stolen) and was sentenced to six months imprisonment. He offered no evidence at the trial but moved for acquittal when the Government rested. His appeal assigns error to the denial of this motion and to portions of the court's charge to the jury.

With respect to denial of acquittal...

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