GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS v. TORRES

Cr. No. 7-1958.

161 F.Supp. 699 (1958)

GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. Miguel Angel TORRES, Defendant.

District Court, Virgin Islands Division of St. Croix, Christiansted Jurisdiction.

May 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon P. Miller, U. S. Atty., Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, for the Government.

Frank Padilla, Frederiksted, Virgin Islands, for the defendant.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Miguel Angel Torres, was charged in the Municipal Court of St. Croix with having in his possession a bicycle valued at $60 without being able to give a satisfactory explanation as to how he came by it, in violation of 14 V.I.C. § 2102(b). Following his conviction by the Municipal Court he appealed to this court. At his trial I found him guilty of having in his possession a bicycle which he unlawfully obtained and which may...

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