UNITED STATES v. HANSBROUGH

No. 71-1009 Summary Calendar.

450 F.2d 328 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth HANSBROUGH, and John Rolls, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. DeManio, Orlando, Fla. (Court appointed), for Hansbrough and Rolls.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Kendell W. Wherry, Asst. U. S. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Defendants-appellants Rolls and Hansbrough were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to violate and four substantive counts charging violation of 18 U. S.C. § 1952. Section 1952 prohibits the use of interstate communication facilities to operate a gambling business. We affirm.

Defendants complain, first, of the district court's refusal to instruct the jury on "reasonable hypothesis". They contend that the jury should have been instructed that...

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