ORTIZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 19768.

317 F.2d 277 (1963)

Ernest Oliver ORTIZ and Jack Ross Berryhill, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 17, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin F. Foster, Jr., Corpus Christi, Tex., for appellants.

Scott T. Cook, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Woodrow Seals, U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

The appellants seek relief from conviction, made by the court after waiver of a jury, and sentence for failure to register a firearm which they had in their possession in violation of 26 U.S. C.A. § 58411 and 5851.2

The appellant Ortiz moved for the suppression of a sawed-off Enfield Rifle, which was the firearm described in the indictment...

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