HOUGH v. UNITED STATES

No. 21433.

397 F.2d 708 (1968)

Walter E. HOUGH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1968.

Petition for Rehearing Denied July 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John M. Kinnaird, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Charles A. Moran, Jr., Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this court), was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. William G. Reynolds, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Theodore Wieseman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Nicholas Nunzio, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BURGER and TAMM, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied July 11, 1968.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of passing and uttering, in connection with a purchase at a department store, a forged American Express Company money order, in violation of Title 22, D.C. Code § 1401 (1967) set forth in the margin.1

His first contention is that, assuming the Government proved that the signatures on the money order had not been placed there by...

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