UNITED STATES v. THOMAS

No. 460, Docket 32102.

396 F.2d 310 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Maxie THOMAS and Wilbur Wiggins, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Cunniffe, Jr., New York City, for appellant Thomas.

James J. Sentner, Jr., New York City (Anthony J. Marra, The Legal Aid Society of New York, Harry C. Batchelder, Jr., Ara A. Shimshidian, New York City, on the brief), for appellant Wiggins.

Elkan Abramowitz, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty. for Southern District of New York, Pierre N. Leval, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HAYS, ANDERSON and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Defendants appeal from convictions for unlawful possession of two cartons of chinaware, worth less than $100, knowing them to be stolen from an interstate or foreign shipment in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. Appellants were tried before Harold R. Tyler, Jr., J., sitting without a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.1 For the reasons given below, we affirm.

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