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UNITED STATES v. THOMAS

No. 77-5206.

567 F.2d 299 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benton F. THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry J. Nahoom, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Jack V. Eskenazi, U. S. Atty., C. Wesley G. Currier, Richard A. Woolf, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM and GEE, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.

VAN PELT, Senior District Judge:

Benton F. Thomas appeals (A) his conviction on both counts of a two count indictment charging him with (1) possessing a firearm, in this case a silencer, which had not been registered to him in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5861(d) and 5871, and (2) transferring said silencer without having paid a transfer tax as required by 26 U.S.C. § 5811, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§...

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