UNITED STATES v. COLLINS

No. 566, Docket 29772.

349 F.2d 863 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Madell COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meyer Licht, New York City, for appellant.

Edward M. Shaw, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty. for Southern Dist. of New York, and Michael W. Mitchell, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City), for appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and HAYS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


HAYS, Circuit Judge:

The defendant was convicted after a six-day jury trial of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1708 (1964).1 The count on which defendant was convicted alleged that on November 9, 1964, he unlawfully, willfully and knowingly possessed the contents of a package, i. e., six emeralds allegedly worth $152,190, which had been stolen or taken from the Mail Division of the Appraisers' Stores, United States Customs, at 201 Varick Street...

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