BECTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 18955.

412 F.2d 1005 (1969)

Major BECTON and Roosevelt Becton, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Roth, Clayton, Mo., and Samuel Raban, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Philip Wilens, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Veryl L. Riddle, U. S. Atty., and Robert H. Kubie, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before BLACKMUN, GIBSON and LAY, Circuit Judges.


BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

In the first count of a two-count indictment Major Becton, then age 23, was charged with a violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a) in that, on or about January 31, 1967, being a transferee required to pay the transfer tax imposed by 26 U.S.C. § 4741(a), and not being registered with the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate, and not having paid the tax imposed by § 4741(a), he unlawfully acquired at Saint Louis, Missouri, a specified...

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