R. B. Boone v. United States

BRYAN, District Judge.

With the District Judge we hold that in the intendment of section 2312, title 18, United States Code — outlawing the interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles and aircraft — an automobile is “stolen” if it was obtained by false pretenses, notwithstanding that the circumstances of the procurement would not constitute larceny at common law. In our opinion the statute is not circumscribed by the requisites of larceny.

The point arises from the conviction of the appellant under this statute on proof that he had transported an automobile across State lines after…