Jackson v. United States

The appellant, hereinafter called defendant, was sentenced on June 6, 1933, on a plea of guilty to 4 years each on the first throe counts of the indictment to run consecutively, and sentence was suspended on the thirty-six remaining counts.

On September 8, 1933, defendant filed his appeal on the ground that “the court erred in sentencing him to- four years each on the first throe counts to run consecutively and on the further ground that the sentence was excessive.”

The defendant pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of $174,441.96, and the maximum penalty to- which he could have been sentenced on…