UNITED STATES v. ACUFF

Nos. 18619, 18620.

410 F.2d 463 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John E. ACUFF, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Edward PRUETT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 21, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom A. Greer, Jr., Dunlap, Tenn., for appellant Acuff, Howard G. Swafford, Jasper, Tenn., on brief.

Paul W. Sorrick, Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn., for appellant Pruett.

W. Thomas Dillard, Knoxville, Tenn., for appellee, J. H. Reddy, U. S. Atty., Robert A. Scott, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., on brief.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and O'SULLIVAN and COMBS, Circuit Judges.


COMBS, Circuit Judge.

These appeals are by co-defendants, John E. Acuff and Charles Edward Pruett, who were found guilty by a jury of conspiring to sell, transfer, or deliver counterfeit money in violation of 18 U. S.C. §§ 371 and 473. Acuff was sentenced to thirty months and Pruett to five years imprisonment.

The Government's proof consisted primarily of the testimony of C. V. Lyda, a special agent of the United States Secret Service, who had worked...

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