UNITED STATES v. PICCARELLI

No. 201, Docket 25655.

274 F.2d 427 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph Charles PICCARELLI, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moses L. Kove, New York City (Daniel H. Greenberg, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr., U. S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City (Gideon Cashman and George I. Gordon, Asst. U. S. Attys., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before CLARK, HINCKS, and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Piccarelli contests his conviction before Judge Levet, sitting without a jury, of having sent admittedly obscene photographs by express from New York to one Cohen, proprietor of a gift shop in Columbus, Ohio. The shipment was made at the behest of one Shankman, a traveling salesman of novelties; and both Shankman and Cohen testified for the prosecution and pleaded guilty to charges arising from it. Piccarelli's only claim is that the evidence is insufficient...

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