UNITED STATES v. HAWES

No. 75-1695.

529 F.2d 472 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Norman HAWES, Albert Julius Hawkins, Robert Wesley Dean, Charles O. Borum, David Foshee, Charles F. Floyd, George J. Fay, and Joseph David Hawes, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denmark Groover, Jr., Macon, Ga., for all defendants-appellants except Joseph Hawes.

Clinch Heyward Belser, Charles E. Baker, Columbia, S. C., for Joseph David Hawes.

Ronald T. Knight, U. S. Atty., O. Hale Almand, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GEWIN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Eight criminal defendants join in this multifaceted appeal from their convictions for conspiracy to participate in an illegal gambling enterprise, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1962(d), and from convictions of various defendants for conducting four separate but interrelated gambling businesses in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1955. The case involved the manufacture, sale, rental and operation of coin-operated electrical machines used for gambling. Defendants...

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