DICKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 16611.

253 F.2d 713 (1958)

Boston DICKS and Alfred COPELAND, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. K. Black, J. B. Hodges, Lake City, Fla., for appellants.

Harrold Carswell, U. S. Atty., Jos. P. Manners, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

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


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Charged in count one with the unlawful possession of 175 gallons of alleged non-tax-paid whiskey and in count two with the unlawful concealment of the same whiskey, defendant Copeland was found guilty on count one, while defendant Dicks was found guilty on counts one and two of the indictment.

Appealing from his conviction, each of the defendants is here insisting that a verdict of acquittal should have been and should now be directed...

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