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UNITED STATES v. SHIELDS

No. 14414.

291 F.2d 798 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Thomas SHIELDS, Defendant-Appellant,

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 30, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Sawyer (appointed by court), Cincinnati, Ohio (William Thomas Shields, in pro. per., United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kan., on the brief), for appellant.

John W. Morgan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Lexington, Ky. (Jean L. Auxier, U. S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MILLER, Chief Judge, and CECIL and O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges.

SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Chief Judge.

Appellant, William Thomas Shields, being represented by a court-appointed attorney, was tried by jury and found guilty under two counts of an indictment charging (1) forgery of a United States Treasury check in the amount of $2,088.59, and (2) uttering and publishing as true said forged check, in violation of Section 495 and Section 2, Title 18 U.S. Code. On September 16, 1959, he was sentenced to five years imprisonment on each...

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