UNITED STATES v. PRESLEY

No. 71-3577.

478 F.2d 163 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sam PRESLEY, Sr., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland J. Mestayer, Jr., Pascagoula, Miss., Thomas M. Haas, Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Robert Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Paul G. Kratzig, Sp. Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, La., Sidney M. Glazer, Shirley Baccus-Lobel, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

In July, 1970, appellants and co-defendant Pat Presley, all Mississippi residents at the time of the alleged offenses, were indicted for offenses in connection with the operation of a gambling casino in Mississippi on various dates between July, 1965, and January, 1966.1 The appellant, Sam Presley, Sr. owned the Sage Patch Casino in Jackson County, Mississippi, and the other appellants were his employees. Count...

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