United States v. Ralph George Ciongoli

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

The United States has taken this appeal, as authorized by the Criminal Appeals Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from an order dismissing an indictment without prejudice.

The indictment charged the accused with concealing and retaining “fifty-one (51) stolen United States Postal Money Orders” which were “of a value in excess of $100.00” in violation of section 641 of title 18, United States Code. The statute provides that “[w]hoever receives, conceals, or retains * * * [any property of the United States] with intent to convert it to his use or gain, knowing it to have been * * *…