UNITED STATES v. HARRIS

Nos. 10818, 10832, 10862, 10863, 10864, 10894, 10895, 10896.

409 F.2d 77 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Henry Howard HARRIS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James BROWN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charlie McCANTS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Henry VENNING, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Melvin WILLIAMS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ernest MOSLEY, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Willie BROWN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph James SIMMONS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Bailey Watson, Hanahan, S. C. (E. Graydon Shuford, Jr., Hanahan, S. C., on brief), for Henry Howard Harris.

Herman Fisher, Charleston, S. C., for James Brown.

Fred Henderson Moore, Charleston, S. C., for Charlie McCants.

Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., Charleston, S. C. (court-appointed counsel), for Henry Venning, Melvin Williams, Ernest Mosley, Willie Brown, and Joseph James Simmons.

Thomas P. Simpson, First Asst. U. S. Atty. (Klyde Robinson, U. S. Atty., on brief), for the United States.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, BOREMAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The appellants, assigning numerous grounds of error, challenge their convictions for conspiracy and theft of government property from the United States Naval Base at Charleston, South Carolina. We find no reversible error and affirm the judgments of the district court.

The thefts began about 1959 and continued until November 1964. Property valued in excess of $1,000,000 was removed from the base in truckload lots for sale to codefendants...

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