UNITED STATES v. CURRY

No. 75-2148.

530 F.2d 636 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ada Dean CURRY, Sam Hemingway, Samuel M. McCollum, Jr., Ruth Hemingway, Clayton Joseph, Eva Joseph, Charlie Paul Lawson, Alvin Holmes, Lula Mae Holmes, and Rosetta Perkins, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Lee Adams, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla. (court-appointed), for Ada Dean Curry.

Thomas A. Larkin, Jacksonville, Fla., for other defendants-appellants.

John L. Briggs, U.S. Atty., Ernest D. Mueller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, TUTTLE and GEE, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by ten defendants from a judgment of conviction on one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1955 by operating an illegal gambling business:

"Whoever conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns all or part of an illegal gambling business shall be fined not more than $20,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both." 18 U.S.C. § 1955(a).

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