JETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 24502.

393 F.2d 139 (1968)

Charlie D. JETT and Richard H. Cole, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Thompson, Gainesville, Ga., Edgar L. Jenkins, Jasper, Ga., for appellants.

Charles B. Lewis, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., Northern Dist. of Georgia, Henry C. Stockell, Jr., Regional Counsel, John A. Macomber, Atty., Internal Revenue Service, Atlanta, Ga., on the brief, for appellee.

Before WISDOM, BELL and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The appellants prosecute this appeal from their convictions on a jury verdict of violating 26 U.S.C. §§ 5205, 5604, and 7206(4), by conspiring to transport, possess, and transfer nontax-paid whiskey with the intention of evading the collection of the tax imposed on whiskey.

The threshold issue is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdict. The Government asserts that "A review of the facts shows circumstances which `establish...

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