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UNITED STATES v. DE SISTO

No. 301, Docket 26348.

289 F.2d 833 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Francis J. DE SISTO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Lewis, Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendant-appellant.

Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr., U. S. Atty., Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Joan T. Harnes, Asst. U. S. Atty., Judith A. Gelb, Confidential Asst. to U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y. on the brief), for appellee.

Before MOORE, FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Defendant DeSisto, Frank LoCicero and Joseph Saponaro were indicted for violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951 and 2 by the hijacking of a truckload of silk piece goods shipped from Japan, while the silk goods were en route from a Brooklyn dock to consignees in New York. Saponaro was also indicted for possessing the stolen goods, 18 U.S.C. §§ 659 and 2. Count One, obstruction of commerce, was dismissed as to Saponaro before...

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