DRIGGERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 24727.

384 F.2d 158 (1967)

William DRIGGERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Walters, Troy, Ala., for appellant.

Ben Hardeman, U. S. Atty., D. Broward Segrest, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

A jury convicted the appellant of the unlawful sale of twenty gallons of whiskey without the immediate containers being stamped, 26 U.S.C.A. § 5604 (a) (1). He here complains that the trial court erred in permitting the Government witnesses to testify that there were no stamps on the jugs instead of producing the jugs as the best evidence. This was not error, Burney v. United States, 5 Cir., 1964, 339 F.2d 91; Dicks...

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