UNITED STATES v. BOSWELL

Nos. 10577, 10604, 10659.

372 F.2d 781 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. George BOSWELL, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John Pierce HELLAMS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles Ambry BARRETT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Thompson, Gainesville, Ga. (Robinson, Thompson, Buice & Harben, Gainesville, Ga., on brief), for appellant George Boswell.

Melvin K. Younts, Greenville, S. C., and Porter B. Byrum, Charlotte, N. C. (Louis A. Trosch, Byrum & Byrum, Charlotte, N. C., and Younts, Reese & Cofield, Greenville, S. C., on brief), for appellant John Pierce Hellams.

Clifford F. Gaddy, Jr., Greenville, S. C., Court-appointed counsel, for appellant Charles Ambry Barrett.

Albert Q. Taylor, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. (John C. Williams, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

These are the appeals of three of eight defendants charged with participation in a conspiracy to steal, transport, and alter the identification of automobiles in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. Sections 2312 and 2313.

The government's theory, amply supported by evidence at the trial, was that two coconspirators (not indicted) were employed to steal and deliver automobiles, and thereafter the true identification numbers were obliterated and...

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