TUCKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 17993.

278 F.2d 721 (1960)

Ira TUCKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 27, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles V. Silliman, Gladstone L. Kohloss, Orlando, Fla., for appellant.

Don M. Stichter, Special Atty., Robert F. Nunez, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., E. Coleman Madsen, U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant was convicted of possession of moonshine liquor. He appeals, saying the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction. Across the street from appellant's residence is a "jook", the Moonlight Club, operated by appellant's wife with some help from him. Behind the Club was an open tract supposedly owned by a person identified only as "Pete the Tailor". The appellant and two others were each permitted to keep hogs in separate pens on these...

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