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UNITED STATES v. HARRIS

No. 75-1317.

528 F.2d 914 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. John Henry HARRIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1975.

Certiorari Denied January 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Beard, Asst. U.S. Atty., and (William B. Cummings, U.S. Atty., on brief), for appellant.

Lawrence H. Framme, III, Richmond, Va. (McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.

A federal grand jury indicted John Henry Harris for possession of a firearm that bore no serial number and that was unregistered. 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), (i). He made a motion to suppress the weapon, which the district court granted. Before trial, the Government appeals that decision.

On August 28, 1974 an agent of the Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco Division received a call from an informant known

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