Leslie William Reamer v. United States

SIMONS, Chief Judge.

On June 28, 1954, the West Road Branch of The Trenton State Bank, in Trenton, Michigan, was robbed by two masked men, carrying guns. The appellant and one Simon Thompson were indicted and on October 19, 1954, convicted by a jury. The appellant independently appealed. The crucial question, as we view it, is whether the appellant was identified as one of the robbers by evidence that was substantial. A motion for acquittal made by the appellant at the conclusion of the Government’s case was overruled and he received a sentence of twenty years.

Three of the bank’s emloyees were…