UNITED STATES v. PETTIS

No. 18236.

396 F.2d 800 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph M. PETTIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce F. Martin, Jr. (Court Appointed), Louisville, Ky., for appellant.

Merle M. McCurdy, U. S. Atty., Robert J. Rotatori, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, for appellee.

Before O'SULLIVAN and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant in this case was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1708 (1964) by unlawful possession of two dividend checks, knowing them to have been stolen from the mails.

The evidence at the trial established that both checks were placed in the mails on November 4, 1964, at the same time and place, and that the checks were cashed, but on different days. Both payees testified that they did not receive the checks or cash them. The record is blank...

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