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UNITED STATES v. MELVIN

No. 12093.

419 F.2d 136 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John Herman MELVIN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest J. Howard, Greenville, S. C. (Court-appointed counsel) for appellant.

William B. Long, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. (Joseph O. Rogers, Jr., U. S. Atty., on the brief) for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted appellant upon a single count indictment charging a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 14621 by knowingly taking and receiving from a common carrier certain obscene materials which had been carried interstate.

Appellant's version is that in September, 1967, he was having difficulties with his wife, and left his Tampa, Florida home. He made his departure in great haste and without luggage in...

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