JEFFERS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 21721, 21721-A.

392 F.2d 749 (1968)

Joseph D. JEFFERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Connie B. JEFFERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray Miller (argued), Philip M. Haggerty (argued), William G. Pearson, Jr., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant.

Edward E. Davis, U. S. Atty., Lawrence Turoff, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and ZIRPOLI, District Judge.


ZIRPOLI, District Judge.

Appellants, husband and wife, were each convicted, at a joint jury trial, of thirteen counts of mail fraud and were each fined $500 on each count and were placed on three years' probation.

Joseph Jeffers is the spiritual and secular leader of the Kingdom of Yahweh, a religious sect with its headquarters in Arizona. The Kingdom maintained one bank account, upon which Joseph Jeffers was authorized to draw. The headquarters of the Kingdom...

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