GARNER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 16332, 16333.

277 F.2d 242 (1960)

Robert James GARNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Lester L. WEDDLE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 13, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. McMullin, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

John S. Boyer, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before SANBORN, MATTHES and BLACKMUN, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Robert James Garner and Lester L. Weddle have appealed from sentences of imprisonment imposed upon them August 7, 1959, based upon the verdicts of a jury finding both guilty of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2422, the so-called White-Slave Traffic Act.

The indictment under which they were tried contained three counts. Count I, under 18 U.S.C. § 371, charged the defendants (appellants) with a conspiracy to violate 18 U.S.C. § 2422...

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