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DUKE v. UNITED STATES

No. 15146.

255 F.2d 721 (1958)

Clifford L. DUKE, Jr., Louis Glenn Ballard and Vic Buono, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Rutherford, La Jolla, Cal., Clinton F. Jones, Escondido, Cal., Barton C. Sheela, Jr., Richard L. Vaughn, Edgar G. Langford, Thomas Whelan, San Diego, Cal., for appellants.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Manley J. Bowler, Thomas Ludlow, Jr., Harry D. Steward, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Judge, LEMMON and FEE, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 16, 1958. See 78 S.Ct. 1361.

JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

This is a criminal case in which there was laid bare a tremendous traffic in the smuggling of psittacine birds into the United States from the Republic of Mexico. Irrespective of the merits, it is a sordid story of intrigue, double-dealing and feuds among the participants, with treacherous interludes and escapades.

Parrots, parakeets and, broadly speaking, any...

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