UNITED STATES v. McGOVERN

Crim. No. 80-168-Erie.

505 F.Supp. 195 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America v. James Daniel McGOVERN, John Thomas Scull.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

January 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Cindrich, U. S. Atty., John P. Garhart, Asst. U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Robert L. Lackey, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Pittsburgh, Pa., for McGovern.

Philip B. Friedman, Erie, Pa., for Scull.


OPINION

WEBER, Chief Judge.

The defendants here are charged with violation of the federal statute covering the interstate transportation of forged travelers' checks, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, under 18 U.S.C. § 2314 par. four. Only the element of forgery is at issue here.

Neither the ingenuity of counsel nor the laborious plowing of the court has discovered a similar scheme in the reported cases. The court cannot comprehend the actions...

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