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UNITED STATES v. TUCKER

No. 72-1301.

473 F.2d 1290 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee. v. Albert Sidney TUCKER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric D. Christiansen (court appointed), Greeneville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

W. Thomas Dillard, Asst. U. S. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee; John L. Bowers, Jr., U. S. Atty., E. D. Tenn., W. Thomas Dillard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., on brief.

Before EDWARDS, McCREE and KENT, Circuit Judges.

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether a sight draft executed in the name of a fictitious person is "falsely made and forged" within the purview of the National Stolen Property Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2314,1 making the interstate transportation of such a security a federal criminal offense. We determine that it is.

On March 28, 1969, appellant entered the Hamilton National Bank in Knoxville,

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