UNITED STATES v. JONES

Nos. 819, 823, Dockets 73-1070, 73-1260.

480 F.2d 1135 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Arthur JONES and Preston M. Jeter, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Maxwell, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. (Stewart H. Jones, U. S. Atty., for the District of Connecticut, of counsel), for appellee.

Hubert J. Santos, Asst. Public Defender, Hartford, Conn., for appellant Jones.

J. Daniel Sagarin, Bridgeport, Conn., for appellant Jeter.

Before FRIENDLY and HAYS, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge.


JAMESON, District Judge:

These consolidated appeals are from convictions for taking and carrying away with intent to steal a coat and purse belonging to Ethel Ford at the Veterans Administration Hospital at West Haven, Connecticut.1 We affirm.

Appellants contend that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions; (2) the Government failed to prove that the United States accepted jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration...

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