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PROFFER v. UNITED STATES

No. 18468.

288 F.2d 182 (1961)

Robert Lee PROFFER and Hollis Leon Adkison, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied April 26, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Cochran, Irvin W. Shelman, Fort Worth, Tex., for appellants.

William L. Hughes, Jr., U. S. Atty., W. B. West, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment and sentencing of the appellants on a jury verdict of guilty in a mail fraud and a Securities Act Section 17(a) indictment.1 The two parties base their appeals on different grounds. Proffer principally contends that there was insufficient evidence connecting him with the activities of his co-defendants, who, other than Adkison, pleaded guilty...

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