Dominic A. Von Feldt and Inland Oil Company, a Kansas Corporation v. United States of America, Howard D. Mitchell v. United States

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

A nine count indictment filed December 10, 1964, in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska alleged that the appellants and one Roy E. Crist had violated 15 U.S.C. § 77q(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933; 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 2314 and 371. 1

Defendant Crist, who had originally pled not guilty, withdrew that plea on February 11, 1965, and on the same day entered a plea of guilty to all counts. The appellants were found guilty on all counts except appellant Mitchell, whose motion for a judgment of acquittal was granted as to Count VIII. From the…