CUTHBERT v. UNITED STATES

No. 18025.

278 F.2d 220 (1960)

James M. CUTHBERT and Warren F. Busby, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 10, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick C. O'Donoghue, Washington, D. C., John E. Fitzgibbon, William C. Wright, Laredo, Tex., Donald J. Capuano, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Brian S. Odem, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brownsville, Tex., William B. Butler, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before RIVES, Chief Judge, and HUTCHESON and BROWN, Circuit Judge.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants were charged with one Birch in a four count indictment. Count One charged conspiracy to violate the marihuana laws of the United States, specifically 21 U.S.C. § 176a; 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a) (2) and 26 U.S.C. § 4742(a). The three other counts charged substantive offenses in violation of those laws.

Birch pleaded guilty, and the appellants, tried by the court on jury waiver, were found guilty on each...

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