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UNITED STATES v. VAN FOSSEN

No. 15123.

460 F.2d 38 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William Newton VAN FOSSEN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Wilson Hotze, Jr., Richmond, Va. (Court-appointed counsel) [Emroch & Hotze, Richmond, Va., on brief], for appellant.

David G. Lowe, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The principal question on this appeal is whether the presence of William Van Fossen's thumbprints on two photographic negatives and one engraving plate is sufficient to sustain his conviction of possessing plates with intent to use them in counterfeiting federal reserve notes and of printing and photographing likenesses of the notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 474 (1970).1 We hold the evidence is insufficient...

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