John Alexander Ryan v. United States

KILKENNY, District Judge.

Appellant was convicted on six counts of a twenty-one count information, charging him with violation of 18 U.S. C.A. § 220. During the period in question, appellant was an officer and supervisor of the Real Estate Loan Development Administration of Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association in Los Angeles County. Appellant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the convictions. He makes two assignments of error:

A. That the trial court committed prejudicial error by instructing the jury that appellant violated Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 220,…