EDWARDS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 19827, 19828.

334 F.2d 360 (1964)

Albert EDWARDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. S. Frank EDWARDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied September 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dick Lee, Sarasota, Fla., for appellant.

Arnold D. Levine, Joe H. Mount, Thomas J. Hanlon, III, Asst. U. S. Attys., Tampa, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES, JONES, BROWN, WISDOM, GEWIN and BELL, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The defendants, Albert Edwards and S. Frank Edwards, were convicted of violating 26 U.S.C. § 7203 by willfully failing to register for and pay the gambling tax as required by 26 U.S.C. §§ 4411, 4412.1 On appeal, this Court by a majority vote reversed the judgments of conviction for lack of proof that the defendants had knowledge of the law. 321 F.2d 324. The case is...

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