UNITED STATES v. DAVIS

No. 71-2153.

461 F.2d 83 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clay DAVIS and Charles Edward Fralix, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby D. Myers, A. L. Hernden, Alan Brown, San Antonio, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Seagal V. Wheatley, U.S. Atty., Reese L. Harrison, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal arising from convictions under the federal mail theft statutes. Though we are living in an age of optical scanning, zip codes, and automation, far removed mechanically from the stagecoach era when postmistresses hand delivered the mail to the inhabitants convened by the rumbling noise of the approaching coach, the principal issues on this appeal involve the construction of statutes dealing with postal thefts whose inception...

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