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UNITED STATES v. THOMAS

No. 14841.

303 F.2d 561 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Albert Baxter THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 15, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred W. Taylor, Johnson City, Tenn., for defendant-appellant, Thomas E. Mitchell, Johnson City, Tenn., on the brief. Cox, Epps, Powell & Weller, Johnson City, Tenn., of counsel.

Ottis B. Meredith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee, J. H. Reddy, U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., on the brief.

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

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, who was Postmaster at Mountain Home, Tennessee, was found guilty by a jury under a two-count indictment which charged him with the violation of Section 1709, Title 18 United States Code, making it an offense for a postmaster to steal, abstract or remove from a letter, which comes into his possession for the purpose of being conveyed by mail, any article or thing contained therein. Each count dealt with a decoy letter mailed by a postal inspector...

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